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Cruise passenger forecasts for 2024/25.
2024 cruise ship season set to begin.
Panama Canal Predicts $3.5 Billion Profit for 2024
Happy 110th birthday to the Panama Canal.
New reservoir for Panama Canal
Shipping traffic numbers returning to normal numbers.
An interesting article comparing the cost of living in Panama vs other central/South American countries and the U.S.A.
Increase in daily transits.
Increase in shipping numbers forecast for June.
Construction re-commences on bridge.
Panama Canal operations returning to normal levels.
ACP increases daily commercial transits to 36 vessels.
Plenty of rain for the Panama Canal.
The levels of salinity in the Canal are increasing.
Panama Canal is increasing traffic.
Icon of the Seas will not transit the Panama Canal in the immediate future.
Interesting facts for the Metro monorail Line 3 currently under construction.
Panama Canal Ended 2023 with 30% Less Rain
2023 is the driest year on record for the Panama Canal
Panama Canal traffic impacted by drought
Reduced rainfall effects Panama Canal transits.
Panama Canal traffic down profit up 14.3%
One slot auctioned for US$2.85 million.
View the shipping traffic numbers using the Panama Canal for the past year.
Panama Canal looking for alternate water source
2023 Cruise Ship Season Begins
Backlog of Vessels Waiting to Transit the Panama Canal
Drought Forces Panana Canal to Reduce Transits
Lack of rain taking its toll on Panama Canal.
This document tells you where to find almost anything in Panama. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ue3ox97aiad24kp/2023%20Cruiser%20Resource%20Guide%20for%20Panama%20City.pdf?dl=0
New Amador cruise terminal debacle.
This is an excellent recent account of organising and completing a transit on yacht Brio. Achieving anything in Panama can be frustrating, but as this website and this article demonstrates it is entirely possible to arrange a transit through the… Continue Reading →
Cruise ships could generate $10 million to the Panama economy.
Panama Canal expansion boosts payment to State to over $2 billion
Containership record.
The history of the Arias Roosevelt Treaty
ACP to allow passage of Russian ships
Record year for Panama Canal.
Panama Canal records record tonnage
1.1 million Canal transits
An increase in the length of ships using the neo-Panamax locks of the Panama Canal means that 96.8 % of the global container fleet can now transit the waterway.
The main trade routes using the Panama Canal
Canal traffic increases