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Balboa Port — Panama

Data refreshed 2026-10-11T20:35:08Z · quarterly refresh cycle

Balboa, Panama is a SIP-class port in Panama, tracked by IMF PortWatch with 2,243 vessels at last extraction.

2,243 vessels tracked on the day of extraction

Sources: Kpler; UN Global Platform; IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org).

Vessel composition by class

Shares below cover vessels with a reported class; the total also includes vessels without one.

Container: 1,550

Dry bulk: 72

General cargo: 69

RoRo: 86

Tanker: 464

Share of Panama maritime trade

Maritime imports: 20.63%

Maritime exports: 4.43%

Top industries served

Petroleum, Chemical and Non-Metallic Mineral Products
Mining and Quarrying
Agriculture

Port record

Coordinates	8.9553N, -79.5655E
UN/LOCODE	PA BLB
Port class	SIP
Continent	North America

Nearby high-activity ports in Panama

Manzanillo · 2,411 Puerto Cristobal · 1,109

Data provenance

Source query: https://services9.arcgis.com/weJ1QsnbMYJlCHdG/arcgis/rest/services/PortWatch_ports/FeatureServer/1/query?where=1%3D1&outFields=%2A&f=json

Extracted 2026-10-11T20:35:08Z; field-subset of the published PortWatch ports layer (geometry omitted). Field-subset of the published PortWatch ports layer; point geometry dropped, lat/long kept as attributes.

Port data — Sources: Kpler; UN Global Platform; IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org). Reused under the IMF Copyright & Usage terms. Fields subsetted (geometry omitted); see our data sources note. The IMF is not affiliated with and does not endorse ExportSonar.