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Marine World
Panama Canal to Reduce Neopanamax Draft Limit as El Niño Concerns Mount
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) will reduce the maximum authorized draft for vessels transiting its Neopanamax locks beginning July 3,…
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Port News
Brokers see powerful El Niño adding fuel to freight rally
A growing chorus of shipbrokers, banks and analysts are warning that the return of the El Niño weather phenomenon later…
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Marine World
Panama Canal Aims to Avoid Repeat of 2023 Drought Crisis as El Niño Looms
The Panama Canal is not planning vessel passage restrictions for the remainder of 2026 even if an El Niño weather pattern begins in…
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Maritime News
Panama Canal Snarls Blamed on El Nino, Water Management Issues
The El Nino climate phenomenon, not climate change, drove lower rainfall last year that reduced the Panama Canal’s water levels…
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Marine World
Navigating Uncertainty: El Niño, La Niña, and the Panama Canal Drought
By Rick Shema, CCM There has been much discussion regarding disruptions in maritime shipping through the Panama Canal primarily due…
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Marine World
End of El Niño Could Bring Relief for Panama Canal Water Crisis
The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center is forecasting an end to El Niño conditions by April-June 2024, with a…
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