MIT started operations on April 16, 1995 at a location near the Atlantic opening of the Panama Canal immediately adjacent to the Colon Free Trade Zone (CFZ). MIT offers efficient and reliable port services to shipping lines transiting the Panama Canal or serving the South America and Caribbean Region. MIT has direct access into the CFZ and highway access to the cities in the Republic of Panama and other Central American countries.

MIT provides customers with secure, flexible, and efficient services featuring fully automated vessel and gate systems, world-class productivity, container maintenance & repair, around the clock security and on-site customer office space.

MIT’s highly motivated and well-trained work force of over 700 employees and modern facilities and equipment have helped make MIT both the largest and most productive container transshipment hub in Latin America.

Throughout the years, MIT has garnered numerous awards, including being named one of the top 10 most efficient ports in the world by Containerization International. MIT has also being honored 3 times by the Caribbean Shipping Association, most recently as the “Best Container Terminal in the Caribbean for 2004.