Port of Colón

E17121

container port seaport transshipment hub

The Port of Colón is a major Caribbean seaport at the Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal, serving as a key hub for international maritime trade and container transshipment.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Colón, Panama	5
City of Colón	1
Colón container ports	1
Port of Colón canonical	1
Port of Cristóbal	1
city of Colón	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T57730 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Port of Colón
Context triple: [Panama, hasMajorPort, Port of Colón]

A. Panama City
Panama City is the largest urban center and economic hub of Panama, known for its modern skyline, historic Casco Viejo district, and proximity to the Panama Canal.
B. Malecón
Malecón is a famous seaside promenade and seawall in Havana, Cuba, known for its ocean views, social life, and historic architecture.
C. Santiago de Veraguas
Santiago de Veraguas is a principal urban and commercial center in western Panama and the capital of Veraguas Province.
D. Port of Balboa
The Port of Balboa is a major Pacific-side container and cargo port located at the entrance of the Panama Canal, serving as a key hub for international maritime trade.
E. San Juan
San Juan is the largest city and main cultural, economic, and tourism hub of Puerto Rico, known for its historic colonial architecture and vibrant coastal setting.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Port of Colón
Target entity description: The Port of Colón is a major Caribbean seaport at the Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal, serving as a key hub for international maritime trade and container transshipment.

A. Panama City
Panama City is the largest urban center and economic hub of Panama, known for its modern skyline, historic Casco Viejo district, and proximity to the Panama Canal.
B. Malecón
Malecón is a famous seaside promenade and seawall in Havana, Cuba, known for its ocean views, social life, and historic architecture.
C. Santiago de Veraguas
Santiago de Veraguas is a principal urban and commercial center in western Panama and the capital of Veraguas Province.
D. Port of Balboa
The Port of Balboa is a major Pacific-side container and cargo port located at the entrance of the Panama Canal, serving as a key hub for international maritime trade.
E. San Juan
San Juan is the largest city and main cultural, economic, and tourism hub of Puerto Rico, known for its historic colonial architecture and vibrant coastal setting.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	container port ⓘ seaport ⓘ transshipment hub ⓘ
belongsTo	maritime transport infrastructure of Panama ⓘ
connectedTo	Pan-American Highway ⓘ surface form: Pan-American Highway network rail links across the Isthmus of Panama ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Panama ⓘ
economicRole	supports Panama’s trade sector ⓘ supports regional logistics industry ⓘ
handles	containerized cargo ⓘ general cargo ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	deep-water harbor ⓘ high container throughput ⓘ hub port for liner services ⓘ
hasFacility	berths for large vessels ⓘ cargo handling equipment ⓘ container terminals ⓘ logistics and storage areas ⓘ
isGatewayFor	trade between the Americas, Europe, and Asia ⓘ
locatedAt	Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal ⓘ
locatedIn	Colón ⓘ Colón Province ⓘ
locatedOn	Caribbean Sea ⓘ
near	Port of Colón self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: city of Colón
partOf	Panama Canal ⓘ surface form: Panama Canal port system
primaryFunction	container transshipment ⓘ international maritime trade ⓘ
region	Caribbean ⓘ
serves	Atlantic–Pacific maritime traffic ⓘ Caribbean trade routes ⓘ global shipping lines ⓘ
strategicImportance	gateway to the Panama Canal ⓘ major Caribbean transshipment hub ⓘ
strategicLocation	entrance to interoceanic canal route ⓘ junction of major Atlantic shipping lanes ⓘ
supportsActivity	cargo consolidation and distribution ⓘ ship bunkering and provisioning ⓘ
usedFor	import and export of goods ⓘ transshipment of containers between shipping routes ⓘ
waterwayConnection	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean via Panama Canal ⓘ Panama Canal ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Panama → hasMajorPort → Port of Colón ⓘ

Panama City → hasPort → Port of Colón ⓘ

this entity surface form: Port of Cristóbal

Port of Colón → near → Port of Colón self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Colón

Sherwood Anderson → placeOfDeath → Port of Colón ⓘ