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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Consistently strong rains will allow the Panama Canal to accommodate 36 transits a day from September with the interoceanic waterway getting ever closer to maximum operating conditions. At its maximum, the canal can handle 40 ship transits a day, a figure that was eroded last year as months of...
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The Panama Canal Authority has given itself a six-year deadline to complete the construction of a giant $1.6bn new reservoir along the Indio river to help provide water security in the years ahead so that the vital waterway can maintain a minimum of 36 transits a day. At its maximum, the canal can...
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The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced another increase in draft and daily transits. The maximum authorised draft was raised by another 30 cm yesterday to 14.3 m, and will increase to 14.63 m on July 11. Additionally, a new booking slot for the neopanamax locks will be added beginning on...
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Danish bunker supplier and shipowner Monjasa has positioned what it says is the largest and technically most advanced tanker to serve the Panama Canal. The 2009-built 19,991 dwt oil and chemical carrier Monjasa Thunder has been reassigned to the company’s Panama operations from West Africa. Monjasa...
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The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) will increase the current number of daily transits from 32 to 33, effective July 11. Furthermore, this number will increase to 34 as of July 22, following the current and projected level of Gatun Lake for the coming weeks, and due to the arrival of the rainy season...
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This week, I want to look at how the shipping industry can overcome some of its biggest challenges – not greenhouse gases and climate change, nor sexism and homophobia, but the problems of abandoned crews, excessively long tours of duty, and the low safety standards that bedevil the wider maritime...
The Panama Canal Authority has issued an Advisory to Shipping Lines stating that, effective May 30, 2024, it will increase the maximum authorised draught of the Panama Canal to 45 feet (14 metres). This adjustment, originally scheduled to take effect on June 15, 2024, is being implemented earlier...
Authorities in Morocco have confirmed the deaths of seven people after a commercial vessel suffered an explosion and a subsequent fire off the country’s Atlantic coast on Thursday, May 30. Officials first learned of the incident shortly after 10:00 local time on Thursday when the crew of the...