Neopanamax vessels

Panama Canal To Tighten Draft Restriction To 50 Feet

  • CANAL DE PANAMÁ issues a fresh advisory to all shipping agents, owners, and operators.
  • It is with regard to the increase of the maximum authorized draft for Neopanamax vessels transiting the Panama Canal to 15.24 meters (50.0 feet) TFW.

A recent press release by CANAL DE PANAMÁ in its official website highlights the important information with regard to the increase of the maximum authorized draft for Neopanamax vessels transiting the Panama Canal to 15.24 meters (50.0 feet) TFW.

The maximum...

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Panama Canal further reduces Maximum Authorized Draft for Neopanamax locks

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) issued a second update within this month, reducing the Maximum Authorized Draft for vessels transiting the Neopanamax locks to 13.56 m (44.5 feet) Tropical Fresh Water (TFW), starting from 17 April 2020.

The update comes based on present and projected levels of Gatun Lake for the upcoming weeks, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said.

Vessels arriving after April 17, 2020, with drafts over 13.56 m (44.5 feet) TFW may be allowed to transit, depending on the actual...

https://safety4sea.com/panama-canal-further-reduces-maximum-authorized-draft-for-neopanamax-locks/

Port of Savannah has the largest crane fleet in North America

Georgia Port Authority informed that Port of Savannah received three Neo-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes, increasing its total to 36. In fact, through this expansion, the port has the largest crane fleet as a single container terminal located in North America.

As Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch said:

Along with dock improvements at Garden City Terminal, our growing crane fleet will allow Savannah to serve four 14,000-TEU vessels simultaneously by 2023. We’re already moving...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-savannah-has-the-largest-crane-fleet-in-north-america/

Panama Canal implements draught restrictions

Following Panama Canal’s implementation of “Freshwater Charge” for ships transmitting the canal from 15 February 2020, the authorities announced that from 30 March 2020, the Maximum Authorized Draft for vessels transiting the Neopanamax locks will be 13.87 m (45.5 feet), Tropical Fresh Water (TFW), due to low water levels.

Based on the present and projected level of Gatun Lake for the upcoming weeks, vessels arriving Panama Canal after 30 March 2020, with drafts over 13.87m (45.5 feet) TFW,...

https://safety4sea.com/panama-canal-implements-draught-restrictions/

Panama Canal Welcomes Its #8000 Neopanamax Vessel

The APL Barcelona transited the Panama Canal on Saturday, December 14 and brought the number of Neopanamax vessels crossing to 8000, reports Menafn.

The widened route was inaugurated in June 2016.

APL Barcelona

The container ship which crossed from the Pacific to the Atlantic is 347.38m long and 45.27m wide with a capacity of 11,000 TEUS (units equivalent to 20 ft).

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Source: Middle East North Africa Financial Network, Inc.

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Do you know how to distinguish an Aframax from a Panamax vessel?

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There are several variations related to ships sailing on high seas. Panamax vessels, Aframax vessels, and Suezmax vessels are some of the most prevalent types. But what do they mean and what kind of ships do they represent? Well, the answer is relatively easy, and it lies on the area that each ship caters.

Read in this series

https://safety4sea.com/cm-do-you-know-how-to-distinguish-an-aframax-from-a-panamax-vessel/

Panama Canal further reduces maximum draft for Neopanamax locks

The Panama Canal Authority announced on Friday, May 3, its sixth reduction in draft for 2019, to a maximum 43 feet for the Neopanamax locks on Gatun Lake, in light of the continuous decrease of the water levels. The reduction will come into effect from May 28. The Canal always informs customers for adjustments at least four weeks in advance, to allow time for proper planning.

Specifically, according to the updated marine advisory:

  1. Vessels transiting the Neopanamax locks will be 13.11 meters...

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Panama Canal further decreases maximum draft for Neopanamax locks

Starting from 30 April 2019, the Maximum Authorized Draft for vessels transiting the Neopanamax locks will be 13.41 meters (44.0 feet) Tropical Fresh Water (TFW), the Panama Canal Authority announced.

The Draft was estimated based on the present and projected levels of Gatun Lake for the following weeks, the Authority said.

However, vessels arriving after 30 April 2019, with drafts over 13.41 meters (44.0 feet) TFW may be allowed to transit, depending on the actual level of Gatun Lake at the time...

https://safety4sea.com/panama-canal-further-decreases-maximum-draft-for-neopanamax-locks/

Expanded Panama Canal achieves 1.000 operation days

The expanded Panama Canal met on March 22, 1.000 days of operation, exceeding expectations and redefining global trade routes. From the first days of its operations in 2016, the waterway saw an increase in cargo tonnage, as a result of the transfer of new segments and new line services that have been redirected by the route through Panama, capitalizing on the reduction of time and costs that it offers the inter-oceanic route.

As Jorge L. Quijano, the Panama Canal Administrator commented during...

https://safety4sea.com/expanded-panama-canal-achieves-1-000-operation-days/

Panama Canal reduces maximum draft for Neopanamax Locks

As of 11 February 2019, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) will restrict the maximum draft for ships transiting the Neopanamax locks to 14.94 meters (49 feet), due to particularly little amount of rain which caused record-low water levels.

According to an official announcement by the ACP, precipitation registered in the Panama Canal watershed during December 2018 was approximately 90% below the historical average, causing water levels in Gatun and Madden Lakes to drop below the expected levels for...

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