panama canal drought

The Panama Canal Board of Directors has approved critical funding for the construction of a new reservoir in the Rio Indio basin, marking a significant step

Ship transits through the Panama Canal remain significantly lower than historical averages, with capacity down 10% between September 2024 and January 2025

The lush river valleys of El Zaino y La Arenosa in western Panama, home to hundreds of families that eke out a living farming, fishing and raising cattle,

Rising water levels have restored transits through the Panama Canal, but the canal authority is also looking into how a land bridge could move even more cargo

By Elida Moreno and Marianna Parraga PANAMA CITY, Oct 25 (Reuters) – The Panama Canal’s profit increased about 9.5% in the fiscal year ended in

The Panama Canal Authority has been implementing new economic and operational strategies to address water scarcity challenges posed by the 2023-2024 El Niño.

By Marianna Parraga Aug 26 (Reuters) – The Panama Canal expects to be ready to combat a possible new drought, which could hit the world’s

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has increased the number of daily transits and maximum draft of the expanded neopanamax locks, bringing the waterway one step

PANAMA CITY, July 30 (Reuters) – The Panama Canal expects to increase the number of daily transit slots for vessels to 36 from the current 34

By Charlotte Goldstone (The Loadstar) – A new reservoir at the Panama Canal to improve reliability could be ready within four to five years of

(Bloomberg) — The Panama Canal has managed to ward off a shipping crisis that threatened to upend $270 billion a year in global trade. It did so with

The Panama Canal Authority has announced another increase in the number of daily transits through the waterway’s locks as rainfall returns to the region. The

The Panama Canal Authority announced Thursday an increase in the maximum authorized draft of the Panama Canal’s Neopanamax locks to 45 feet, bringing it

The increase in water levels in the Panama Canal has sparked hopes of a potential return to normal operations for container shipping after over a year of

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced an increase in booking slots for its Panamax locks starting mid-May, in response to current and predicted water

As the dry season draws to a close, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is adjusting its operations to align with the climate conditions. Taking into account the

By Rick Shema, CCM There has been much discussion regarding disruptions in maritime shipping through the  Panama Canal primarily due to the drought

By Anastasia Moloney PANAMA CITY, March 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As a colossal Chinese container ship maneuvered into the narrow Miraflores

By Peter Millard, Michael McDonald and Eric Roston (Bloomberg) — The Panama Canal has avoided the worst of a shipping crunch that threatened to upend

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced an increase in the number of daily transit slots available in the older Panamax Locks. The measures come in