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The Panama Canal is marking the eighth anniversary of its historic expansion program by increasing its draft and daily transits amid an ongoing water crisis.

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

PANAMA CITY, May 9 (Reuters) – The Panama Canal is in talks with U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) producers on how to meet

SAO PAULO, May 1 (Reuters) – The El Nino climate phenomenon, not climate change, drove lower rainfall last year that reduced the Panama

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

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

The Panama Canal Authority has announced plans to allocate more than $8.5 billion in capital investments towards sustainability projects over the next five

The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center is forecasting an end to El Niño conditions by April-June 2024, with a 79% probability. The

By Ruth Liao (Bloomberg) –The cost for shippers to jump ahead of congestion at the Panama Canal has significantly dropped from multimillion-dollar

Maersk has announced plans to modify one of its services through the Panama Canal by implementing a so-called “land bridge” across Panama amid

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Recent hostilities in the Red Sea have thrown global shippers of vital goods for a loop – but it is

By Peter Millard and Michael D McDonald (Bloomberg) The vestiges of an ancient forest tell the story of just how bad things are at the

By Joe Ryan (Bloomberg) The Panama Canal, which has been strained by drought for months, will increase the number of ships it accepts each day starting in