Panama Canal Receives Inaugural Transit From Neopanamax Container Ship ‘Hyundai Hope’

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The Panama Canal received the inaugural transit of the Hyundai Hope, a container ship of the shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine, with dimensions Neopanamax.

The ship began its journey in the Cocolí Locks, in the Pacific, and ended in Agua Clara, in the Atlantic, as part of a journey that has its origin in the Asian continent, bound for the east coast of the United States.

Hyundai Hope belongs to THE Alliance’s East Coast 2 (EC2) service and has a capacity of 13,992 TEUs, which is the unit...

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Panama Canal Welcomes 6,000th Neopanamax Transiting Vessel

LNG Vessel Completes 6,000th Neopanamax Transit at the Panama Canal

The Panama Canal welcomed its 6,000th Neopanamax vessel through the Expanded Canal, underscoring the route’s ability to accommodate the highly-dynamic liquefied natural gas (LNG) segment, which first transited the waterway following the inauguration of the Expanded Canal less than three years ago.

The LNG vessel Energy Liberty completed the milestone transit travelling southbound from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Constructed in 2018, the vessel has a cargo capacity of 165,000 m3 and...

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