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World’s second-biggest LNG tanker-class vessel to transit Panama Canal for first time

World’s second-biggest LNG tanker-class vessel to transit Panama Canal for first time

Panama Canal Drought Puts Bullseye on U.S. Gulf Crop Exports

Panama Canal Drought Puts Bullseye on U.S. Gulf Crop Exports

Drought hits Panama Canal shipping, highlights climate fears

Drought hits Panama Canal shipping, highlights climate fears

The future of the Panama Canal: What’s next for grain and coal shipping

The future of the Panama Canal: What’s next for grain and coal shipping

The future of the Panama Canal: What’s next for LNG, LPG and oil tankers

The future of the Panama Canal: What’s next for LNG, LPG and oil tankers

Some 6,000 Neopanamax Vessels Passed through the Panama Canal

Some 6,000 Neopanamax Vessels Passed through the Panama Canal

Panama Canal Agents

These are listed in the Cruiser Resource Guide: Canal Transit Agency 6717-6745 (Rogelio, AKA Roger ) Roger/Rogelio, formerly of the Panama Canal Yacht Club is also listed under “Transportation – Taxis / UBER”. Extremely reliable. Highly respected. Speaks English fluently…. Continue Reading →

Neopanamax container ships main expansion locks users

IN the first quarter of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) fiscal year 2019  718 neopanamax transits, 47% were container ships. The neopanamax container ships remain the segment of the industry that most transits through the third set of locks, according… Continue Reading →

1930s Panama Canal

Some great old pictures of a transit through the Panama Canal, sometime in the 1930s. My parents found these pics in a photo album but don’t know who they belonged to. The Rangitane was built in 1929 for the Britain-NZ… Continue Reading →

Panama cuts maximum draught for new locks

Panama cuts maximum draught for new locks

Canal gives record $1.703 billion to the State

Panama cruise port guide

Panama cruise port guide

Fourth set of locks depends on water supply

Fourth set of locks depends on water supply

Canal traffic not hurt when ship hit lock wall

Canal traffic not hurt when ship hit lock wall

Panama Canal Sets New Annual Tonnage Record in 2018

Panama Canal Sets New Annual Tonnage Record in 2018

Panana Canal and people urgently need more reservoirs

Panana Canal and people urgently need more reservoirs

Cruise ship arrivals increasing 2018/2019

Cruise ship arrivals  increasing

Goodtimes challenges for Panama Canal

Goodtimes challenges for Panama Canal

New bridge across the Canal (Pacific side) gets cabinet approval

Panama  $1.4  billion bridge gets cabinet OK

Expansion locks mark 4000th transit

New locks mark transit #4,000

Norwegian Adding More Panama Canal Cruises

Norwegian Adding More Panama Canal Cruises

Panama Canal Revising Rules to Ready for Expanding LNG Traffic

Panama Canal Revising Rules to Ready for Expanding LNG Traffic

$1.42 billion fourth bridge contract signed

$1.42 billion fourth bridge contract signed

Oil and water shape Panama Canal’s future

Oil and water shape Panama Canal’s future

3,745 ships transit new Canal locks in two years

3,745 ships transit new Canal locks in two years

5000 passenger cruise ship transits Canal

5000 passenger cruise ship transits canal

Tight squeeze!

Tight squeeze! Cruise ship Norwegian Bliss becomes largest-ever passenger vessel to set sail through the Panama Canal

“Awesome” canal engineer carries torch for young women

“Awesome” canal engineer carries torch for young women

Panama Canal Adds Eighth Daily Booking Slot for New Neopanamax Locks

Panama Canal Adds Eighth Daily Booking Slot for New Neopanamax Locks

Four things you should know about the Panama Canal’s turbulent past

Four things you should know about the Panama Canal’s turbulent past

The Panama Canal’s forgotten casualties

The Panama Canal’s forgotten casualties

New Canal benchmark

New canal benchmark:  3 LNG Tankers cross on same day

Tug dispute slows new canal locks transit

Tug dispute slows new canal locks transit

Boom in Panama cruise ship arrivals

Boom in Panama cruise ship arrivals

Panama Canal traffic upswing continues

Panama Canal traffic upswing continues

Panama Canal Working to Increase LNG Vessel Capacity as Demand Grows

Panama Canal Working to Increase LNG Vessel Capacity as Demand Grows

A Debate for History

Article from the National Review  about when Reagan and William F. Buckley Jr. sparred over the Panama Canal  

Amador anchorage getting busier with cruise ships

Amador awash with cruise ships

First neopanamax cruise ship enters Canal

First neopanamax cruise ship enters canal

Lowest rainfall in 103 years threatens Canal

Lowest rainfall in 103 years threatens Canal

New Amador cruise ship terminal operational in two years

Amador cruise terminal  in two years

235 cruise ships scheduled to transit the Canal 2017/18

235 cruise ships to transit Canal

Panama Canal container transit record

Panama Canal container transit record

Panama Canal wins back traffic lost to Suez Canal

Panama Canal wins back traffic lost to Suez Canal

Canal Pilots trying to discourage yachts from transiting…..?

This post was recently on the facebook page of Panama Cruisers so we are not entirely certain where the information came from, but, if true, it seems the ACP is moving  towards discouraging yachts from making the transit: “Information received… Continue Reading →

Panama Canal expansion traffic statistics

Panama flag registry, canal traffic expand

Documents Show Chile Foiled Nazi Plot to Attack Panama Canal

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chile-foiled-nazi-plot-attack-panama-canal-documents-show-180963836/

Fresh off its crazy Canal expansion, Panama is Central America’s new travel star

Fresh off its crazy Canal expansion, Panama is Central America’s new travel star

Panama Canal Does Some Good While Upending Historic Trade Routes

Panama Canal Does Some Good While Upending Historic Trade Routes

Panama deal likely to “finally scupper” Nicaragua canal: Chinese state media

Panama deal likely to “finally scupper” Nicaragua canal: Chinese state media

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