The Panama Canal closed its 2018 fiscal year with a record tonnage of 442.1 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS), a 9.5 percent increase from the previous year.
News ID: 80270 Publish Date : 2018/11/01
Emerging future weather patterns have the potential to affect northern shipping between the Bering Strait and Atlantic Ocean as well as future rainfall in Central America, where the viable operation of the Panama Canal depends on reliable rainfall in a nation that depends heavily on hydroelectric power.
News ID: 78771 Publish Date : 2018/04/05
The number of LNG vessels transiting the Panama Canal could grow by 50% in the coming months due to the increase in exports of US fuel, according to the Panama Canal Authority.
News ID: 78582 Publish Date : 2018/02/19
On November 7, the Caribbean Princess became the first cruise vessel of the 2017/2018 cruise season to transit the Expanded Panama Canal.
News ID: 77197 Publish Date : 2017/11/10
The Panama Canal today welcomed the largest capacity vessel to ever transit the Expanded Locks, the Neopanamax containership CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt, which began its voyage from Asia, will be making stops along the U.S. East Coast. The ship has a total TEU allowance (TTA) of 14,855 and measures 365.9 meters in length and 48.2 meters in beam.
News ID: 75880 Publish Date : 2017/08/26
The Panama government has approved new tolls structure for the Panama Canal, with more attractive rates to lure large containerships on back-haul voyages.
News ID: 75506 Publish Date : 2017/08/09
Monday June 26 is the first anniversary of the inauguration of the Expanded Panama Canal.
News ID: 74667 Publish Date : 2017/06/28
The container ship COSCO Development has set a record as the largest vessel to date to enter the expanded Panama Canal.
News ID: 73748 Publish Date : 2017/05/03
Panama Canal Authority is looking into development opportunities in the gas shipping market now that it has introduced transit for liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.
News ID: 73315 Publish Date : 2017/04/08
The Panama Canal has announced that in response to growing traffic, it will launch a new vessel scheduling and maritime resources management system to further optimising costs, improve safety and increase the overall efficiency and reliability.
News ID: 73047 Publish Date : 2017/03/22
The Panama Canal set a new daily tonnage record in February 2017 of 1.18m Panama Canal tonnes (PC/UMS) with a total of 1,180 vessels through both the expanded and original locks.
News ID: 72937 Publish Date : 2017/03/11
A crew of nine was rescued from a workboat that caught fire overnight near the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal.
News ID: 72539 Publish Date : 2017/02/22
Panama has registered an 8% increase in bunker sales volume for 2016 over the previous year, according to preliminary data from The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP).
News ID: 72385 Publish Date : 2017/02/17
In today’s spotted we bring you Valparaiso Express, the first 10,500 TEU ship to transit the Expanded Panama Canal.
News ID: 71013 Publish Date : 2016/12/21
Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals (IRPT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Panama Canal Authority (ACP). This historic event marks the first ever global connection for IRPT.
News ID: 70887 Publish Date : 2016/12/15
The new £400m Liverpool2 (L2) container terminal was officially opened today reinforcing connectivity between river-based L2 and the Manchester Ship Canal.
News ID: 70105 Publish Date : 2016/11/06
Low bunker prices, the slowdown of global trade and increased competition from the Panama Canal might be impacting the Suez Canal today, but long term the historic waterway is making all the right moves to transform Egypt’s ailing economy.
News ID: 69996 Publish Date : 2016/11/01
The ‘old Panamax’ sector seems to be slowly fading away, falling from 969 units in 2012 to 796 at the start of October, as the fleet is in a steady and perhaps terminal decline, according to Clarksons Research.
News ID: 69815 Publish Date : 2016/11/02
The Panama Canal has published the tender files for the concession, design, construction, development and operation of a container port in the area of West Corozal on the east bank of the waterway Pacific entrance.
News ID: 69481 Publish Date : 2016/10/14
Just two weeks after the opening of its expansion the Panama Canal has regained holding the largest share of the Asia – US East Coast trade from the Suez Canal.
News ID: 66465 Publish Date : 2016/07/15