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Hutchison Ports PPC (Panama Ports) is awarded with Port Operator of the Year Award at Lloyd’s List Americas Awards 2017.

This award recognizes the company, port or terminal authority that has maintained the highest standards of operating efficiency and customer service throughout the year. This award is open to any port or terminal operator that can demonstrate exceptional innovation, efficiency, profitability or successful investment in port operations. Judges seek evidence of sustained commitment to customer service, cost and operational efficiency, as well as an excellent record of safety and the environment.

Hutchison Ports PPC prizes Correcaminos Colón for their victory and celebrates with an amazing tour at the Port of Balboa, followed by a lunch in hotel of the city of Panama.

To the event were invited the sports reporter Eric Espino, who congratulated them for their great work and gave motivational speech encouraging to look for success for the province of Colón.

“We are aware of the importance of the role of sports in the integral development of every human being. Year after year, we reinforce our strategies to support communities where our most valuable resource live: our people, “said Paul Wallace, CEO of PPC.

Team spokesman Jorge Bishop thanked the company for the support and took the opportunity to encourage their teammates to continue their hard work and together encourage new generations of athletes to leave not only the province high, but also to highlight the importance of Values that are key to the development of society.

PPC has supported for 5 consecutive years to the Provincial League of Baseball of Colon, in its minor leagues, juvenile and major.

Hutchison Ports PPC organized with the National Association for the Conservation of Nature (ANCON) Seminar Workshop as part of the Social Responsibility and Sustainability initiatives at Hutchison Ports PPC.

The activity counted on the participation of 70 employees from key areas of the Ports of Balboa and Cristóbal, who had the opportunity to know firsthand the latest trends in sustainable reduction.
This Seminar Workshop arises as part of the celebration of World Recycling Day, a date that aims to raise awareness of society and organizations about the importance of recycling and reuse of elements and objects of different types that otherwise Would be discarded, contributing to more waste and ultimately damaging the planet.

For Hutchison Ports PPC its performance as an organization is closely related to the society in which it lives and operates and therefore in the impact it generates on the environment. As leaders in the global maritime industry, leadership and responsibility go hand in hand both inside and outside the company. “Leading Responsibly” is the approach we give to our initiatives by improving the quality of life of our people, organization and the communities in which we conduct our operations.