The document discusses why Panama has become a logistics hub for perishable foods. It notes that Panama's strategic location provides easy access to over 3.5 billion people in Central America, the Caribbean, and countries along shipping routes through the Panama Canal. Several major global companies have established regional headquarters and distribution centers in Panama due to these advantages. It then describes the infrastructure and services provided by Galores Cold Storage and Damco in Panama to support perishable food logistics through cold storage, transportation, and supply chain management.

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2. 6 Reasons Of why Panama has converted in a logistic hub for Perishable Food

3. Why Panama? Panama plays a key hole in the global economy, enabling easy passage between the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean. Panama plays a key hole in the global economy enabling easy passage between the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean. It provides easy access to more than 3.5 billion people, furthermore because of its proximity to Central America and Caribbean, a enormous area with more than 81 million people, becoming thus, a strategic location for Distribution Centers. For these reason, in the last few years many renowned companies have chosen Panama as regional headquarters & DC Such as WALMART, NESTLE, SANOFI AVENTIS, PROCTER & GAMBLE, ONU, ADIDAS, DELL, 3M, MICHELIN, BOSCH , etc

4. 81 million people Central America & Caribbean Market

5. 6 Reasons Of why Panama has converted in a logistic hub for Perishable Food

6. Ocean transit time from Panama to key ports * Transit times from list were gathered from different carriers to provide a visual Brazil Peru Uruguay Argentina Ecuador Colombia Paraguay Venezuela Bolivia Chile Mexico Panama Costa Rica Guatemala

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12. World Class Infrastructure DISTRIBUTION CENTER

13. Refeer logistics through Galores Cold Storage - Panamá Opening in March 2011

16. Land Area 52,100.00 m2 Construction Area 28,316.00 m2 Storage Area 9,679.00 m2 Pre-chamber Area 2,340.00 m2 The facility at a Glance Investment of up to $50 millones Large refrigerated pre-chamber Blast Freezer Big truck yard Advanced refrigeration system Truck scale More than 40 power outlets for trucks and containers Rest area for truck drivers Approximately 60 surveillance cameras 19,900 pallet positions 23 refrigerated docks Access control External parking area for trucks and containers Electric Plant Fire System Internal and external audio-visual communication systems

17. Project Aerial View 1 – Storage Area 2 – Pre-Chamber 3 – Dock Area 4 – Maneuvering area 5 – Engine Room 6 – Scale/Entrance 7 – Internal Parking 8 – Offices 9 – External Parking

19. Power Plant, Fire Suppression System. Electric fence, Infrared alarms. Mobile Racking System, Conveyors system, Heated Cabin Forklift. Innovations Everywhere Better temperature stability, Zero Freon, Secondary fluid system, Blast Freezer. Information WMS, Picking by Voice, Remote acces 24 hours a day, Bar Code ID. Storage Refrigeration Back up Security The technologies that we implemented make our project unique, we innovated everywhere in the project, from the refrigeration system to the lights. Other Led Lights, Vertical dock levelers, truck scale, flooring

20. Food Storage Temperature We know its just as important to maintain the appropriate temperature for each product as it is keep moisture at the correct levels. A view to supporting the durability and the quality of the product. In our facilities we have the capability to operate in different temperature ranges in different cold rooms that goes from -30°C to +10°C TYPE PRODUCT TEMPERATURE RANGE FROZEN FROZEN -20 °C ICE CREAM -30 °C BLAST FREEZER -20 °C TYPE PRODUCT TEMPERATURE RANGE CHILLED MEAT de 0.5°C a +2°C DAIRY de +2°C a +5°C FRUITS / VEGETABLES de +5°C a +7°C PRE-CHAMBER de 0°C a +3°C

21. Storage Logistics Handling Reefer Truck Transportations, Cross Docking, Cargo consolidation, etc Picking by pallets or by cases, Packing, Labeling, Stretch wrapping, etc Storage in different temperatures, Blast Freezer, Inventory Control, etc Our services Covering the whole cold chain

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25. DAMCO services Origin End customer From single shipment to supply chain management solutions Ocean freight, air freight, landside services Process and KPI management thought leading operational and unique IT infrastructure Supply chain management, warehousing and distribution, supply chain design and optimisation Systems providing visibility from single shipment to item level supply chain management Forwarding Process Supply Chain Visibility

26. DAMCO Latin America Organization Panamá Costa Rica Caribbean Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua México Venezuela Colombia Peru Ecuador Chile Argentina Brazil +580 Employees

27. Nuestras afilicaciones “ Nuestras instalaciones son el resultado de la suma de diferentes conceptos e ideas con productos de primer nivel.” www.galorescold.com