Panama City, Panama – A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) opened its new logistics facility in Panama Pacifico, leveraging Panama’s role as a global gateway for Latin America markets. Located within a Special Economic Zone in the Pacific side of Panama, the facility spans more than 20,000 square meters and is purpose-built to serve as a centralized distribution hub for companies operating across Latin America, North America, and Asia. The facility enables businesses to consolidate inventory, streamline regional distribution, and accelerate time-to-market from a single, highly connected location.

With access to direct ocean services from Asia, seamless multimodal connectivity, and a location that bridges the Americas, Europe, and Asia, our Panama Pacifico Logistics Centre empowers companies to rethink how they move goods. It helps them balance inventory, improve visibility, and accelerate speed-to-market. We’re giving our customers the tools to position products smarter, respond to disruptions faster, and unlock new growth across the region.

Efrain Osorio
Managing Director for Central America, Andean, and Caribbean at Maersk

The Panama Pacifico Logistics Centre is fully integrated into Maersk’s global logistics network, offering connectivity across ocean, land, and air. With several weekly ocean services, direct routes from Asia, and cross-border trucking into Central America, the site is positioned to serve as a regional nerve centre for supply chains.

Facility Highlights:

  • Total Area: 20,394 sqm
  • Height: 11.5 meters
  • Rack Storage: 10,952 pallet positions
  • Bin Storage: 3,824 positions
  • Floor Storage: 2,558 pallet positions

Designed for flexibility and scale, the facility supports single-inventory, multi-country omni-channel fulfilment, along with in-country distribution, inventory and outbound management, consolidation, deconsolidation, and cross-docking. The site also offers a wide range of value-added services, including labelling, kitting, re-packing, returns management, product disposal, palletizing, and quality control.

The facility is equipped with Maersk’s Warehouse Management System (WMS), offering real-time inventory visibility, automation readiness, and integration with customer systems.

A Hub Built for Speed, Scale, and Strategy

The logistics centre offers direct access to the Pan-American Highway, airports, and ports on the Pacific. The site is also linked to the Panama Canal Railway, a 76-kilometer rail corridor running alongside the Panama Canal, providing fast and efficient movement between the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Additionally, Maersk Air Cargo Services provide routing through Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport, connecting Latin America with global markets.

On the distribution side, the facility enables freight optimization through full truckload (FTL) and less-than-truckload (LTL) services, with direct shipping to distribution centres, retailers, and wholesalers, as well as the possibility for cross-border distribution.

Panama is not just a stopover, it’s a launchpad. This facility gives our customers the power to turn Panama into a strategic hub for transshipment, distribution, and growth. With our Panama Pacifico facility, companies can centralize inventory in one location, streamline customs, and serve multiple markets without the complexity of managing separate warehouses. This hub gives businesses the speed, flexibility, and cost efficiency they need to grow across Latin America.

John Carmichael
Head of Sales for Central America, Andean, and Caribbean at Maersk

As Special Economic Zone, Panama Pacifico offers duty and sales tax exemptions, customs processes, and the flexibility to handle both nationalized and non-nationalized cargo. Goods stored here retain their country-of-origin status, and there are no time limits on storage, making it ideal for companies that need agility and control. Maersk acts as the importer of record, simplifying compliance and enabling customers to focus on growing their business.

For more information on the facility please see: Panama’s newest warehouse keeps you moving

About Maersk

A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated logistics company  working to connect and simplify its customers’ supply chains. As a global leader in logistics services, the company operates in more than 130 countries and employs around 100,000 people. Maersk is aiming to reach net zero GHG emissions by 2040 across the entire business with new technologies, new vessels, and reduced GHG emissions fuels*.

*Maersk defines "reduced GHG emissions fuels" as fuels with at least 65% reductions in GHG emissions on a lifecycle basis compared to fossil of 94 g CO2e/MJ.

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