Panama Daily Port Activity: Vessel Counts and Shipment Volume Estimates

PortWatch provides daily port call counts and shipment volume estimates in metric tons for maritime facilities across Panama. This time-series data, updated through March 2026, tracks both incoming and outgoing trade flows at the daily level. The dataset is delivered in CSV format and focuses on high-frequency monitoring of a critical global shipping hub.

Use Cases

• Analyzing daily fluctuations in Panamanian maritime trade using port call counts
• Estimating supply chain throughput via incoming and outgoing metric ton volumes
• Correlating vessel traffic with regional economic indicators in the Panama Canal zone

Strengths

• Daily temporal resolution for trade monitoring
• Includes both vessel counts and metric ton estimates
• Covers both incoming and outgoing shipment directions

Limitations

• Shipment volumes are estimates rather than primary customs declarations
• Lack of column-level metadata or data dictionary
• Unknown number of specific ports covered within Panama

Provenance

Source

PortWatch

Time Range

Ending 2026-03-10

Freshness

Daily updates as of March 2026.

Geography

Panama