Manzanillo International Terminal

MIT is a distribution center for cargo destined for cities within Panama and nearby countries in Central America and the Caribbean.

It is one of the largest container transshipment terminals in the region and has direct access into the Colón Free Trade Zone (CFZ).

The project area, known as South Coco Solo, was a US Navy seaplane base during the World War II era.

To avoid the costs and logistics associated with moving cars to and from Cristóbal, it was decided to build a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) berth at the distribution and storage facility and thereby directly import and export vehicles on site.

By August 1993, with the entry of the multinational SSA Marine, the original RORO berth concept grew into a project to create a world-class container transshipment facility equipped with over 1,200 meters of berth, ship-to-shore gantry cranes, and modern terminal management computer systems.