Panama Canal posts 6.2% increase to hit record tonnage in FY 2019

Panama Canal ended the 2019 fiscal year (FY19) with a record tonnage of 469m Panama Canal tonnes (PC/UMS), a 6.2% increase compared to FY2018.

Panama Canal bans open loop scrubbers

Panama Canal announced that open loop scrubbers are banned from the area under the condition that the vessels are equipped with a type approved closed-loop exhaust gas cleaning system.

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.

Panama Canal sees record annual cargo tonnage

The Panama Canal closed its 2018 fiscal year (FY 2018) with a record tonnage of 442.1m Panama Canal tonnes (PC/...

Panama Canal head expects fewer China, U.S. ships if trade war escalates

Fewer ships from China and the United States could use the Panama Canal if trade tensions escalate between the ...

Panama: Drugs Found in Containership’s Ventilation

A total of 208 packages containing drugs were seized by authorities from a containership’s ventilation system while the vessel was in Colon, Panama, on May 5.

Panama Canal expansion was not waste of time

It’s now a full year since Panama opened the upgraded Panama Canal, but the canal remains unable to handle any vessel carrying 13,500 TEU’s or more. However, this does not mean that the expansion was a waste of time and money, Xeneta notes.