If you live in Panama or you plan to move to Panama, you might find yourself having to move merchandise or larger packages across the country.
If it is a small package, you can use the regular passenger buses that leave from the transportation hub in Albrook (by the Albrook Mall), everybody knows that…
But what if what you wish to send doesn’t fit into a regular package or passenger bus?
I recently had to move a few structural steel angles from David to the Coronado area. Not a typical cargo for a passenger car or bus…
Here are the angles I had to move:
You cannot send larger packages by bus, so what are your options? I tried hiring an independent contractor, but no luck there – they never showed up to pick up my stuff. Of course, you can rent a car and drive the package yourself, but what if you don’t have the time or the desire to plan and execute a whole trip like this?
Luckily, I found Fletes Chavale, and you can use them too! Their prices are reasonable, and they have convenient locations in the following places:
Boquete, Volcan, Bugaba, David, Santiago, Aguadulce, Penonomé, and few in Panama City.
Here is a map of their locations:
As you can see pretty much the entire country is covered.
Their office hours vary from location to location, so you need to check their website, but all of them are open between the hours of 8 am and 4 pm.
You can get a quote over the phone by sending them a photo with a description via WhatsApp at +507.6379.2217.
Their staff is very friendly and helpful.
They use trucks like this one:
You can also track your package on their website by entering the tracking number here: http://chavale.net/rastreo
They charge me 100 USD to move my steel angles from David to Penonome, however, I could get those angles delivered to Panama City for this price if I would prefer to. My merchandise arrived in perfect condition and on time, as promised.
The status of my transport got updated immediately:
I was so happy that I found this company because I had attempted to use other companies before, never with successful results. Fletes Chavale really came through for me!
As a side note, I would like to add that unfortunately, Fletes Chavales website is available in Spanish only, but it uses a very basic language so I’m sure most people can understand it. And if not? I would use a Google Translate tool from Spanish to English.
But who cares about the language detail – my stuff was where I needed it to be!!!