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COSCO to make first NewPanamax sailing

News3 May 2016

China COSCO Shipping has won the draw for the first transit through the expanded Panama Canal during the waterway's inauguration on Sunday, ...

RFQ for Corozal

News30 Nov 2015

The Panama Canal authority has issued an RFQ for a new 5M TEU terminal at Corozal on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal....

Panamanian pulse beats harder

News1 Sep 2015

Next year will see the new and larger locks on the Panama Canal commissioned, and potentially the beginning of a new maritime and freight lo...

ACP imposes Panama Canal restrictions

News11 Aug 2015

A severe drought in Panama has led to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) cutting the draught of ships transiting the canal...

Milestones for Panama Canal expansion

News1 Jul 2015

June has been an important month for the Panama Canal expansion project, with several milestones reached....

Panama toll structure approved

News1 May 2015

A new tariff structure has been approved for the Panama Canal and it will come into effect on 1 April 2016, at the same time as the new, lar...

Fourth set of locks for Panama?

News1 Apr 2015

With the third locks catering for ships up to around 13,000 TEU set to open in April next year – around a year later than originally sched...

Short-term pain‚ long-term gain

News1 Feb 2015

Despite economic difficulties in several Central and South American countries, major investment projects are underway....

Lengthy dispute over Canal looms

News11 Feb 2014

The dispute over the construction of the Panama Canal expansion is turning bitter and could delay the project by several years....

Living in the land (sea) of the giants

News1 Oct 2013

The first 18,000 TEU ship has made her maiden voyage. Even bigger vessels may be on the way....

Crossing the isthmus

News1 Aug 2013

Shipping lines soon could have four additional choices of transport arteries linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans....

Long Beach and Panama sign new MoU

News9 Dec 2012

The Port of Long Beach and the Panama Canal Authority have renewed a Memorandum of Understanding initially signed in 2010 for a period of fi...

Panama reviews some canal tolls

News26 Apr 2012

The Panama Canal Authority has released on consultation document on proposed new tolls and vessel categories for transiting the Panama Canal...

Brazilian ports on target for 5M TEU

News1 Oct 2011

Ports in Brazil will handle 5M TEU in 2011, up 10% over 2010, according to a forecast from Sérgio Salomão, president of the Brazilian Asso...

Trying on the new Panama hat

News1 Sep 2011

Latest thinking is that the Panama Canal expansion will not have the dramatic effect on the US port market that some were expecting....

Two mega ports for Panama

News1 Apr 2011

The government of Panama has announced that it will shortly issue international tenders for the construction and management of two new large...