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Maritime News
Panama Canal Pushes Back Planned Draft Cut for Big Ships
For the second time in a matter of weeks, the Panama Canal Authority is delaying a planned reduction in the…
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Marine World
El Niño Strengthens, Raising New Concerns for Panama Canal
El Niño is strengthening across the tropical Pacific, with U.S. forecasters now seeing a greater than 90% chance it becomes…
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Maritime News
Panama Canal Begins Reducing Daily Transits Due to Declining Water Levels
The Panama Canal Authority is expanding what it is calling “temporary modifications to the lock’s transit capacity” as the forecasts…
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Marine World
Panama Canal Deepens Draft Restrictions as El Niño Strengthens
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) will further reduce the maximum authorized draft for vessels transiting its Neopanamax locks later this…
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Marine World
El Niño Has Arrived: NOAA Warns It Could Become One of the Strongest on Record
NOAA has officially declared the arrival of El Niño conditions, confirming the climate pattern that prompted the Panama Canal Authority…
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Maritime News
Panama Canal Preemptively Lowers Draft Levels Due to El Niño Forecast
The Panama Canal Authority issued an advisory to shipping companies announcing that it plans to reduce the maximum authorized draft…
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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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