Balboa, Panama

Port · PABLB · 8.96°, -79.57° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Chemical & Allied Industries

in force · 60 nm
5
issued · 30 d
0
since 1997
66
vessel calls / yr
2,348

In force within 60 nm · 5

Other 1 · Nav aids 4

  1. NAVAREA IV 113/26 · Other32.3 nm · 2026-02-06
    The west head light at Manzanillo entrance, Panama, at 09-22.90N 079-53.90W is damaged.
  2. NAVAREA IV 504/25 · Nav aids32.3 nm · 2025-05-07
    The Manzanillo entrance light at 09-22.90N 079-53.90W in the western Caribbean Sea near Panama has temporarily changed to white.
  3. NAVAREA IV 545/26 · Nav aids32.7 nm · 2026-06-06
    A lighted buoy at latitude 09-25.99N longitude 079-49.78W is missing.
  4. NAVAREA IV 650/25 · Nav aids32.7 nm · 2025-06-20
    Port hand three buoy at 09 degrees 23.52 minutes north, 079 degrees 53.75 minutes west is missing in the western Caribbean Sea near Panama.
  5. NAVAREA IV 663/25 · Nav aids32.8 nm · 2025-06-24
    In the western Caribbean Sea, off Panama, starboard hand buoy 4 at 09-23.52N 079-53.87W is missing.

Share of Panama's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 2209%, exports 2008%.

Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and port authority notices.

Balboa, Panama — navigational warnings near the port · seahazards