The Panama Canal Authority has announced it will increase the maximum allowable beam for vessels in…
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Panama Canal: ITF condemns sanctions against tug captains
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has strongly criticized the Panama Canal Authority’s recently launched process of…
3,000 vessels cross Expanded Panama Canal
By Jite Eriabie More than 3,000 vessels have now transited the Expanded Panama Canal less than…
LNG carrier traffic rises by 50% at Panama Canal
By Reuters The number of liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers traversing the Panama Canal is expected…
Panama Canal increases Neopanamax vessel slots
The Panama Canal will increase the number of daily booking slots available for Neopanamax vessels from…
Panama Canal prepares for 2017-2018 cruise season
By Jite Eriabie Panama Canal expects to receive approximately 235 cruise ships through the Panamax and…
2,000 ships transit expanded Panama Canal
By Jite Eriabie The Panama Canal has marked the 2,000 transits of the expanded Neopanamax locks…
CMA CGM very large boxship makes record breaking Panama Canal transit
The 14,863 teu CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt on Tuesday became the largest vessel to transit the new locks,…
New Panama Canal tolls to start on 1 October
Panama’s Cabinet Council on Tuesday officially approved a proposal to modify the Panama Canal tolls structure, and the…
Panama Canal wins arbitration over $193m expansion project overrun
The head of the Panama Canal Authority said on Monday a Miami-based arbitration board rejected a demand by…
Expanded Panama Canal celebrates first year of operations
The expanded Panama Canal on Monday celebrated its first year of operations “which exceeded by 25%…
Panama Canal wants to modify tolls structure
On 1 June the Panama Canal Authority [ACP] published a proposal to modify its current tolls structure.…