Panama Canal
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Panama Canal Authority increases daily slots and maximum draft
Further evidence that the worst of the El Nino-led drought is over in Central America came yesterday with an advisory…
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Panama Canal Authority warns restrictions will remain in place throughout 2024
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has claimed that the tide has turned in its ongoing battle to get back to…
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Panama Canal restrictions set to ease as rains roll in
Weather forecasts have plenty of rain heading Panama’s way with many in international shipping predicting that the worst has now…
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Panama Canal Authority adds three more daily transit slots
Solid amounts of rain have allowed the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to add three extra slots per day at its…
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Number of ships waiting for Panama transit slashed in half
The queue of ships waiting at both ends of the Panama Canal stands at just half the historical average since…
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Maersk opts for rail solution to combat Panama drought
Reflecting the ongoing water situation in the Panama Canal, Danish carrier Maersk has amended its OC1 service, operating between Oceania…
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Daily transits at the Panama Canal to increase next month
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) will increase daily transits to 24 starting in January following solid amounts of rain over…
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Shipping’s exodus from parched Panama in full flow
Global shipping has swiftly learned to live without the Panama Canal with real time seaborne trading maps experiencing one of…
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Nationwide protests add to Panama woes
It’s not just drought in Panama that is giving supply chain planners pause for reflection, the Central American nation is…
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123: Panama queue growing day by day
There are now a total 123 ships waiting to transit the Panama Canal, considerably higher than the 90-ship average of…
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Any higher? $4m paid in slot auction to transit perilously low Panama Canal
The average cost of transiting the Panama Canal in the seven years since it was expanded has been $900,000. With…
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Prospect of no large tankers and gas carriers transiting the Panama Canal from next year
There’s a real prospect no large tankers could be transiting the Panama Canal from the start of next year, with…
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Panama Canal administrator will not rule out further transit cuts
The Panama Canal Authority has warned there’s a chance the number of daily transits could be slashed further if drought…
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Panama Canal latest: how each shipping segment is being impacted
Vessels in queue for transit across the Panama Canal stand at 128 ships today, some 42% above the 90 average,…
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Panama Canal solutions sought
Solutions for the current and potential future water-saving restrictions imposed by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) forms the lead story…
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Contributions
The Panama Canal: Setting the record straight
From his office overlooking the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, Michael Kaasner Kristiansen, president of shipping consultancy CK Americas,…
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Panama Canal Authority sets the record straight on congestion figures
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has moved to highlight the real congestion numbers at both ends of the waterway amid…
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Panama Canal congestion plateaus
Vessel tracking data shows the worst of the congestion at the Panama Canal has passed for the moment. Nevertheless, it…
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Shippers look for alternatives as Panama Canal delays lengthen
Shippers are now actively rearranging Asian shipments, moving back from the US east coast to the west coast, as the…
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Growing Panama Canal congestion a rates ‘wild card’
Delays at the Panama Canal averaged about 15 to 19 days per vessel in the first week of August, with…
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