ASTILLERO PUERTO DE BALBOA (ASTIBAL) was built more than 100 years ago to provide repairs and maintenance services to vessels passing through the Panama Canal. With 3 graving docks, ASTIBAL is the only shipyard with the capacity to dry dock Panamax vessels, anywhere between the US West Coast and Chile. This, together with its strategic location at the entrance to the Panama Canal, give the best options to customers to reduce desviation from their trading the area