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See For Yourself: The Port of Balboa
The Port of Balboa is one of two ports located at each end of the Panama Canal and was the first stop for the USB’s See for Yourself tour yesterday.
Don Holbert farms in Eastern Tennessee and says he’s always known transportation is vital to the agriculture industry but says it can be easy to lose sight of the big picture once the grain leaves the his farm.
He tells Brownfield the trip through the Port of Balboa was eye-opening. “When you go on this trip and you see how far it has to go, and the size and scale of things,” he says. “Then, when you see things happen on the news you have a better understanding of why things cost what they do to get them to a location. You also understand why any hiccup in the supply chain really affects the entire supply chain.”
The Port of Balboa is ranked third in Latin America in the number of container units as 3.5 million containers pass through the port every year. Balboa covers approximately 550 acres and 18 super post-Panamax ships.
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