The Panama Canal closed its 2018 fiscal year (FY 2018) with a record tonnage of 442.1 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS), marking a 9.5 percent increase from 2017. The total tonnage for the year is greater than the 429.4 million PC/UMS tons forecast for FY 2018, as well as the 403.8 million PC/UMS...
The Panama Canal announced that it expects to receive approximately 234 cruise ships through the Panamax and Neopanamax Locks during the upcoming 2018-2019 cruise season.
The first transit will occur on Oct. 5 with the Seven Seas Mariner, on a northbound transit travelling from the U.S. West Coast to the U.S. East Coast. “As the second full cruise season with the Expanded Canal, we aim to build off our recent milestones and success,” said Panama Canal’s Senior International Trade Specialist...
The Panama Canal expects to receive 234 cruise ships during the 2018-2019 cruise season.
The Panama Canal Authority said it expects to receive approximately 234 cruise ships through the Panamax and Neopanamax Locks during the upcoming 2018-2019 cruise season. The first transit will occur on Oct. 5 with the Seven Seas Mariner, on a northbound transit traveling from the U.S. West Coast...
Panama Canal expects approximately 234 cruise ships to pass through its locks during the 2018-2019 season, which begins on Friday, 5 October, with the passage of the ‘Seven Seas Mariner’, traveling from the west coast to the east coast of the United States.
This would be the second complete season of cruises with the Canal expanded in operation and we hope to surpass our recent milestones and successes. In the next year, we hope to welcome more than 237,000 passengers through the Panama Canal,
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The Panama Canal reaches a new milestone after the successful transit of four liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships with beams of up to 160 feet (49 meters) in a single day through the Neopanamax Locks. With this milestone, the Panama Canal breaks the record set on April 17, 2018, when three LNG vessels transited through the waterway on the same day.
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Today, Ribera del Duero Knutsen with a cargo capacity of 173,000 m3 and Maran Gas Pericles with cargo capacity of 174,000 m3...
The Panama Canal announced a new milestone with the successful transit of four LNG carriers through the neopanamax locks on 1st October. With this milestone, the Panama Canal breaks the record set on 17 April 2018, when three LNG vessels transited on the same day.
The four vessels were ‘Ribera del Duero Knutsen’ with cargo capacity 173,000 m3, ‘Maran Gas Pericles’ with cargo capacity 174,000 m3, ‘Torben Spirit’ with cargo capacity 173,000 m3 and ‘Oceanic Breeze’ with cargo capacity 155,300 m3.
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Four LNG ships pass through the Panama Canal in a single day.
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The Panama Canal Authority says it has reached a new milestone with the successful transit of four liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships with beams of up to 160 feet (49 meters) in a single day through the Neopanamax Locks. With this milestone, the Panama Canal breaks the record set on April 17, 2018,...