Category Panama Canal Transit
This graphic compares the size of the new and the old Panama Canal locks. There are already ships that are too big for the new ones!
On April 18 2016 the ships passing through the Panama Canal will only be allowed to have a draft of 11.89m/39′ (Should be 12.8m/42′). Meanwhile they are hoping to open the new Canal locks in July with new limits of… Continue Reading →
The first edition of the Panama Canal Transit Guide PDF was issued on 21st March 2016. You can purchase the PDF using the Paypal button located on the Transit The Canal page.
Usually a yacht making the transit from north to south will tie up next to a mooring buoy in Gatun Lake. Currently the dredgers are busy clearing the lake entrance to the new expansion lock, so the mooring buoys are… Continue Reading →