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Panama Canal Authority increases maximum draft for neopanamax locks
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced that it is increasing the maximum allowable draft for vessels transiting the Canal’s…
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Ethics agency looking into treatment of Panama Canal tugboat captains
An agency of the Panamanian government charged with probing ethics violations and corruption is looking into the treatment of tugboat…
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Panama Canal increases neopanamax slots to eight per day
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has added an extra reservation slot to its neopanamax locks, making the total eight per…
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Panama Canal anticipates 50% leap in LNG transits this year
The Panama Canal has welcomed the inaugural transit of the as it carried the first-ever liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipment…
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Panama Canal to cater for larger vessels with increase of maximum beam
Even bigger ships will be able to use the Panama Canal after a decision to increase by two metres the…
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Trio of LNG tankers set new milestone for expanded Panama Canal
For the first time since the Panama Canal’s expansion in 2016 three liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers transited the waterway…
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Panama Canal bosses criticised for punishing tugboat captains
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has thrown its weight behind the union representing tugboat captains who have been disciplined…
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Tugboat captains sanctioned for declining to take some ships through new Panama locks
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP), the government body responsible for operating and managing the inter-oceanic waterway, announced it has imposed…
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Panama seals deal to push more dry cargo through canal
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a body representing farmers to help increase…
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Panama Canal notches 3,000th crossing by neopanamax vessels
The Panama Canal has hit another milestone since the June 2016 inauguration of its expanded third locks with the logging…
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Cheniere Energy seeks more LNG slots on the Panama Canal
US gas exporter Cheniere Energy has met with the Panama Canal Authority asking for more slots for its LNG tankers…
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Panama Canal boss expectingg LNG traffic growth
The head of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) says he expects the volume of liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers traversing…
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Panama Canal increases maximum draft for new locks
The Panama Canal has announced an increase in the maximum allowable draft, after recent rainfall brought the Gatun and Alajuela…
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Panama Canal offers an additional daily slot for neopanamax vessels
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said on Thursday it will be making available one more reservation slot for neopanamax vessels,…
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Panama Canal Authority will allow alliance boxships to swap booking slots
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced that it will allow, for a limited time only, booking slots to be…
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Panama Canal clocks 2,000th neopanamax transit since expansion
The Panama Canal has marked a milestone with the transit of the 2,000th neopanamax ship since its June 2016 expansion.…
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Time-saving VUMPA system gets under way at Panama Canal
The Panama Canal’s VUMPA system, streamlining processes for vessels using the waterway, began to show its benefits with the first…
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First ultra large container vessel transits the Panama Canal
The 14,855 teu capacity became the first ever ultra large container vessel (ULCV) to transit the Panama Canal yesterday in…
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Panama government approves new toll structure for canal
The government of Panama has given the green light to a modified toll structure for the Panama Canal, the first…
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Arbitration panel rejects $193m claim for Panama Canal expansion project
The head of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) on Monday said an international arbiter has ruled in favour of the…
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