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Maritime News
China Denies Targeting Panama-Flagged Ships for Increased Inspections
China’s Ambassador to the United States is asserting that China’s increased inspections of Panama-flagged ships are due to fishing boat…
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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
Splash Wrap: Shipping’s most frantic news cycle of the year
Iran proposed managing the Strait of Hormuz through an insurance-based framework that would formalise its control over the critical oil…
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Marine World
Panama Canal Near Capacity as Hormuz Crisis Drives Surge in U.S. Energy Exports
Traffic through the Panama Canal is climbing sharply as disruption in the Strait of Hormuz drives more U.S. energy exports…
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Port News
Hormuz fallout pushes Panama Canal close to full capacity
Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz is helping drive a sharp rise in Panama Canal traffic, with the waterway now…
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Marine World
First Woman to Lead Panama Canal Named as Waterway Faces Rising Global Pressure
Panama President José Raúl Mulino announced Thursday that Ilya Espino de Marotta has been selected as the next administrator of the Panama Canal, making her…
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Maritime News
Hormuz Disruption Drives Panama Canal Transits
‘So far this year, ship transits via the Panama Canal have increased 8% y/y to a daily average of 38,…
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Port News
Panama Canal congestion fears grow ahead of June lock maintenance
Congestion is building at the Panama Canal just as authorities prepare for maintenance works next month that are expected to…
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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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