The Panama Canal Railway Company Since 1855

The Panama Canal Railway Company Since 1855

The Panama Canal Railway Company Since 1855 2020 Overview of the Panama Canal Railway Company ◼ Contract Law awarded on February 17, 1998 ◼ 50-year concession ◼ US$175 million investment to date ◼ 65mph railroad, 47 miles long ◼ Contiguous to all ports ◼ 300 ft right-of-way ◼ In-Bond, Customs Primary Zone 2 Panama Canal Railway Company – Milestones 02/98: PCRC 07/07: First Contract 2019: 300,000 07/01: Passenger Concession Granted; 2005: 100,000 Awarded for Canal Containers Service Begins JV formed Containers Expansion 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2016 2019 02/00: Construction 12/01: Freight Service 10/06: Vote for Canal 6/16: Expanded Canal Begins Begins Expansion Inaugurated Joint Venture Partners 3 Mainline ◼ One Mainline - 75 km length ◼ Maximum Elevation 1.24% ◼ 2 Automated Sidings ◼ 24 Public Crossings ◼ 3 Hot Wheel and Dragging Equipment Detectors ◼ 12 Track side rail lubricators ◼ 2 Bridges ◼ 1 Tunnel 4 Mainline - Build 280,000 tons of granite 11,000 tons of 136lb continuously welded rail 150,000 Concrete Ties 5 Mainline Mainline Mainline – Fully Automated Siding 8 Mainline – Miraflores Tunnel Mainline - Fully Automated Lubricators 10 Locomotives Ten (10) F40 locomotives of 3,000 HP 11 Locomotives Two (2) SD40 locomotives Five (5) SD60 locomotives 12 Double Stack Cars Seventy nine (79) 5-well articulated double stack cars in service. 13 Double-stack Cars 14 Currently: Seven 11-Car Sets of DST Cars Future: Unlimited Availability 15 Reefer Connections • All F40 Locomotives Equipped with Generators • Power: 100 Reefers per Locomotive 16 Intermodal Terminals ◼ Three Intermodal Terminals: Pacific, Cristobal and Coco Solo ◼ Two Passenger Stations: Corozal and Cristobal ◼ 4 Loading tracks: 1 km long each ◼ 1 Escape Track ◼ Mechanical Shops ◼ Offices, Employee Buildings ◼ 8 High Mast Lighting ◼ Fueling Stations 17 Intermodal Terminals 18 Intermodal Terminals 19 20 Lift Equipment at Each Terminal 21 Pacific Intermodal Terminal 22 Atlantic Intermodal Terminal 23 Lift Equipment at Each Terminal • Currently: 4 RTG’s and 5 Side Loaders at PIT terminal and 4 RTG’s and 5 Side Loaders at AIT. 24 Constant Security and Monitoring 25 MOW Equipment - Tamper 26 MOW Equipment - Side Dump Cars 27 MOW Equipment - HyRail 28 Positive Train Control - PTC ◼ Operating since 2007 with a GPS Positive Train Control ◼ Prevents excessive speeds ◼ Controls authorization limits on the mainline ◼ Projects employees working on the mainline ◼ Prevents accidents and runaway trains ◼ Provides warnings and sends train into emergency 29 Positive Train Control - PTC 30 Positive Train Control - PTC 31 Why Panama? Location, location, location…. 32 PCRC Value Proposition Expanded Network without Dual-Ocean Transshipment transit of the Panama Canal Dedicated Feeder Services Single port call in Panama Eliminates need to transit the Allows dedicated feeder provides dual-ocean Panama Canal saving toll costs services on either ocean to transshipment capability and allowing ship savings while relay containers for allowing ships to discharge increasing market coverage distribution without the containers destined for both need to transit the Panama Atlantic and Pacific ports of Canal North America, South America and the Caribbean 33 The Panama Canal – THE MAGNET Weekly Container Vessel Services via Panama Bremerhaven Rotterdam Tilbury Osaka Felixstowe Hamburg Nagoya Thamesport Dunkerque Shanghai Halifax Zeebrugge Kwangyang Seattle NJ/NY Boston Qingdao Wilmington Le Havre Pusan Tokyo Newport News Antwerp Keelung Shimizu Oakland Charleston Baltimore Port Said Yantian Yokohama Los Angeles .Miami Savannah Hong Kong Kobe Long Beach New Orleans Everglades Marseilles Colombo Colon Kingston Chabang Hakata Manzanillo (Mx) Veracruz Manzanillo La Spezia Kaohsiung Cartagena Puerto Limón Maracaibo Balboa La Guaira Tanjung Priok Guanta Buenaventura Puerto Cabello Doniambo Manta Singapore Guayaquil Callao Santos Tahiti Arica Iquique Paranagua Brisbane Coquimbo Itajai Sydney Antofagasta Valparaíso San Antonio Auckland San Vicente Transit the Canal Melbourne Do not transit the Canal Source: Panama Canal Authority Freight Volumes – Containers (in thousands) 440,000 414,000 380,000 390,000376,000 400,000 360,000 370,000 360,000 341,000 348,000 308,000 300,000 320,000 278,000 280,000 225,000 240,000 214,000 200,000 160,000 101,000115,000 120,000 80,000 40,000 0 35 Panama’s Port Infrastructure PCT CCT MIT Cristobal BALBOA PSA 36 Panama’s Port Infrastructure •Total Port Capacity: 2,000,000 •11,350,000 TEUs TEUs • 2018 Volume: 6.7 • Panama Canal Colon Port, Inc. million TEUs • 1,500,000 3,600,000 TEUs TEUs •Panama Ports Company - Balboa • Panama Ports Company - Cristobal 1,600,000 •2,200,000 450,000 TEUs TEUs TEUs •PSA 37 • Colon Container Terminal •Manzanillo International Terminal (MIT) Port of Balboa (Pacific Side) 38 Port of Balboa 39 Port of Balboa 40 (PSA) Port Singapore Authority (Pacific Side) 41 Port of Cristobal (Atlantic Side) 42 Port of Cristobal 43 (MIT) Manzanillo International Terminal (Atlantic Side) 44 Manzanillo International Terminal (MIT) 45 Colon Container Terminal (Atlantic Side) 46 Colon Container Terminal 47 Panama Colon Container Port (Atlantic Side) 48 MIT, CCT & PCT (Atlantic Side) 49 Fiber Optics Network Panama is the landing point for several fiber optic sub-marine cable systems on their way to Latin America and the rest of the world including; • Maya 1 • Pan American • Global Crossing PAC network (Level 3) • Arcos 1 (Columbus Networks, Cable Wireless) • Telefonica (Transocean) The Panama Canal Railway Company owns a fiber optics system with switching stations located on each coast connecting the Atlantic and Pacific fiber systems with Four 4 “ ducts (two of these with 3 1 ¼” inch inner ducts), and Two 2 “ ducts. 50 Passenger Service ◼ Operations started July 2001 ◼ Two basic markets – “Executive Express” daily commuter service – Cruise ship passengers ◼ 6 luxurious coaches ◼ Elegant interiors, air conditioning, observation decks ◼ Food and beverage service ◼ Available for special events ◼ “Best Shore Excursion” Award from Princess Cruises 51 THANK YOU… 52 Future Corozal Port 53 COROZAL PORT OVERVIEW ◼ 5.3 million TEU, 2 thousand meter long berth ◼ US$800MM to US$1B cost. ◼ 2 phases, first phase 3.2MM TEU, second phase 2MM TEU. ◼ 4 Port Operators had been shortlisted: – Terminal Investment Limited, S.A. (MSC); – APM Terminals (MAERSK); – Terminal Link (CMA–CGM); – PSA International ◼ ACP to reissue bid with better financial terms. 54.

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