Panama is canceling the registration of six ships sailing under its flag that were sanctioned by the UK last week, a boost for Western nations that have slapped sanctions on Moscow’s oil exports.
https://gcaptain.com/panama-purging-sanctioned-ships-in-flag-registry-crackdown/
The lush river valleys of El Zaino y La Arenosa in western Panama, home to hundreds of families that eke out a living farming, fishing and raising cattle, could soon be submerged by a massive man-made reservoir designed to ensure the viability of the Panama Canal in the face of a changing climate.
https://gcaptain.com/threatened-by-climate-change-panama-canal-has-big-plans-to-deal-with-drought/
The Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) has initiated the expedited cancellation of six Panamanian-flagged vessels recently added to the UK’s sanctions list. The UK has sanctioned more Russian-linked shadow ships than any country, its latest package being announced a week ago. The London-headquartered...
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By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) – The Panama Canal Authority could double in coming years the number of containers that move through the commercial waterway that links the Pacific and…
https://gcaptain.com/panama-canal-could-double-the-number-of-containers-transiting-says-chief/
By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Russia’s nascent LNG shadow fleet continues to encounter choppy waters. Following the de-flagging of several vessels by the island nation of Palau earlier this fall,…
The president of Panama Jose Raul Molino has issued an executive decree which will see the Panama Ship Registry, the second-largest shipping registry in the world, cancel any vessel on international sanction lists. The Panama Maritime Authority said that it now had a legal mechanism that allows the...
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The Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) has vowed to cancel the registration of any vessel found to be involved in illegal activities or that changes its flag to evade sanctions. This clarification comes in response to the recent inclusion of seven Panamanian-flagged vessels on the US’s Office of...
https://splash247.com/panama-flag-acts-tough-in-wake-of-ofac-sanctions/
In another sign that operations are getting back to normal at the Panama Canal, the waterway on Friday saw a boxship cargo record broken. The 366 m long, 17,640 teu MSC Marie has become the largest container vessel to transit the canal’s neopanamax locks, surpassing the 17,312 teu Ever Max which...
https://splash247.com/giant-msc-marie-sets-panama-transit-record/
A new long-term slot allocation will come into effect at the Panama Canal from the start of October. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said yesterday that the introduction of this new method for its larger neopanamax locks has been designed to increase transit certainty and flexibility. Through...
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The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has upped the maximum authorised draft allowed for vessels transiting the larger neopanamax locks by 30 cm to 14.94 m as it gets back to normal operations following more than a year of drought-linked difficulties. The canal increased daily transits to 35 slots on...
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