April 20th, 20180For the first time since the Panama Canal’s expansion in 2016 three liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers transited the waterway in less than a day, according to Bloomberg.
Gaslog Hong Kong (93,557 dwt, built 2018) and Gaslog Gibraltar (87,981 dwt, built 2016) plus Clean Ocean (89,956 dwt, built 2014) made the journey from the...
April 19th, 20180The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has thrown its weight behind the union representing tugboat captains who have been disciplined by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP).
ACP began the process of sanctioning tugboat captains last week after some of them refused to transit some ships through the Canal’s new Panamax...
April 15th, 20180The Panama Canal Authority (ACP), the government body responsible for operating and managing the inter-oceanic waterway, announced it has imposed unspecified sanctions on some tugboat captains for refusing to transit some ships through the new neopanamax locks.
ACP maintains that the captains’ action impacted regular maritime...
March 16th, 20180The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a body representing farmers to help increase soy and grain exports from northern Brazil using the Canal, according to Reuters.
ACP’s chief administrator Jorge Luis Quijano and the Association of Soybean and Corn Producers of Mato Grosso (Aprosoja)...
March 6th, 20180The Panama Canal has hit another milestone since the June 2016 inauguration of its expanded third locks with the logging of the 3,000th transit of the 50-mile waterway by a neopanamax ship.
MSC containership was the vessel in question, making the northbound crossing from the Pacific side to the Atlantic side.
Reaching the...
February 21st, 20180US gas exporter Cheniere Energy has met with the Panama Canal Authority asking for more slots for its LNG tankers crossing the waterway.
“Our visit allowed a greater understanding of the complexities around the Panama Canal operations. We are very appreciative of the collaboration with the Panama Canal to facilitate our 62 transits...
February 8th, 20181The head of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) says he expects the volume of liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers traversing the waterway to grow 50% by September, according to Reuters.
Jorge Quijano based his prediction on growing global demand for LNG from the US which is enjoying a gas production glut.
There was a slight drop-off...
December 19th, 20170The Panama Canal has announced an increase in the maximum allowable draft, after recent rainfall brought the Gatun and Alajuela Lakes to their operating limits.
Therefore, effective immediately and until further notice, the maximum allowable draft for vessels transiting the neopanamax locks will be increased to 14.33 m tropical fresh...
December 1st, 20173The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said on Thursday it will be making available one more reservation slot for neopanamax vessels, taking the daily allowed tally for the supersized vessels from six to seven.
ACP explained in a release that the move was a continuation of measures capitalising on the extra capacity available since the June...
October 3rd, 20170The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced that it will allow, for a limited time only, booking slots to be swapped or substituted between container ships that belong to one of the alliances.
Effective on December 1, the swap or substitution will be allowed only if the boxships involved are of the same type and classification, are...
