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Operations
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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Americas
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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Americas
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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Swiss Re report captures the extent of global shipping disruption
Insurer Swiss Re has come up with a chart to highlight the dramatic changes to the world seaborne map in…
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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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Containers
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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Regulatory
IMO ‘will thrive in delivering its full agenda’, says next secretary-general
Arsenio Dominguez Velasco has been confirmed as the next secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) with attendees at this…
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Americas
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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Americas
Shipping locks in Panama Canal diversion plans
The global seaborne trading map is in flux as shippers and shipowners reassess alternate routes to the parched Panama Canal,…
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Operations
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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Americas
Panama Canal queue grows 13% in the space of 24 hours
The number of ships waiting to transit the Panama Canal has leapt by 13% in the space of just 24…
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Operations
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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Operations
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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Americas
VLGC rates surge on Panama Canal cuts
News this week of further daily transit cuts at the Panama Canal has sent a rocket through the already hot…
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Americas
Record dry weather forces further dramatic cuts at the Panama Canal
The dry weather in Panama shows no sign of letting up with the El Niño weather phenomenon wreaking havoc to…
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Bunkering
Crowley to launch LNG bunkering at Pacific end of the Panama Canal
American maritime conglomerate Crowley is proceeding with plans to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering services on the Pacific side…
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Americas
Next two months ‘pivotal’ in Panama’s battle to keep canal water levels topped up
The daily deficit of water at the Gatun reservoir in the centre of the Panama Canal is the equivalent of…
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