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Panama inaugurates new canal
Panama held an official inauguration ceremony with a host of dignitaries on hand for the newly expanded Panama Canal yesterday.…
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Trial transit of Panama Canal’s new Cocoli locks completed
The new Cocoli locks at the Panama Canal’s Pacific end were subjected to a trial transit on Monday as the…
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Neopanamax makes history with first transit through expanded Panama Canal locks
The Panama Canal’s contracted vessel transited the new Atlantic-facing Agua Clara Locks yesterday. These transits, performed by the neopanamax dry…
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Draft restrictions lifted at Panama Canal
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced on Thursday it is lifting all the draft restrictions that have been in play…
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Panama Canal Authority: 17 days until world trade upgrades
Athens: It was 41 years ago that Jorge Quijano joined the Panama Canal Authority as an engineer. Back then the…
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Expanded Panama Canal ‘ready to receive the first vessel’
It has not been without its travails – leaking locks, collapsed walls and extraordinary budget overruns – but Grupo Unidos…
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Collapsed wall latest disaster to hit gaff prone Panama Canal
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said traffic is normal and there will be no problem with meeting the deadline for…
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Latest Panama Canal draft restrictions pushed back again
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has deferred once more the planned third recent draft restriction on vessels using the inter-oceanic…
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Bulker to conduct trial runs at Panama Canal’s new locks early June
With the ceremonial opening of the Panama Canal expansion just over six weeks away it has been announced that a…
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Shipowners brace for Panama Papers backlash
More details from the so called Panama Papers are expected to be revealed today. The leaks from Panamanian law firm…
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ACP defers latest Panama Canal draft restriction
Recent draft restrictions for vessels transiting the Panama Canal, which were scheduled to begin on May 9, have been pushed…
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ITF claims new Panama Canal locks are unsafe
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has dismissed a critical safety report on its new locks as “inadmissible”, claiming the study…
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More draft restrictions for vessels using Panama Canal
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced its third recent temporary draft restriction because of water-level concerns in Gatun Lake,…
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ITF says flags of convenience must shape up
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has welcomed the publication of the so-called Panama Papers, but highlighted that ‘flags of…
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Restrictions at Panama Canal this weekend due to maintenance work
The east lane of Gatun Locks at the Panama Canal will be out of service to vessels for 12 hours…
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Panama Canal tightens vessel draft restrictions for second time in two weeks
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced a second tightening of vessel draft restrictions in a matter of two weeks…
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June 26 set for inauguration of Panama Canal’s expansion project
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) on Tuesday announced that the huge, much delayed and over-budget expansion of the Canal will…
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Draft restrictions for Panama Canal shipping because of El Nino-related drop in water levels
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced on Monday it is introducing temporary draft restrictions on shipping through the trans-oceanic shortcut…
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Repair work on Panama Canal’s new locks passes test
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced on Sunday that water testing of repairs to cracks in the Pacific-side Cocoli Locks…
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Panama Canal Authority says expansion will be complete by end of June
The head of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said on Wednesday that the long-awaited expansion of the great commercial waterway…
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