10 Nov 2016 / Panama Canal, Panama

Canal records third-highest tonnage in Fiscal Year 2016

At the close of the 2016 Fiscal Year (FY16), the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) recorded the third-highest annual tonnage in its history, with 330.7 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS).

A total of 13,114 vessels transited the Panama Canal during the fiscal period from October 1, 2015, to September 30, 2016. Of these, 238 were neopanamax vessels that took advantage of the newly opened expanded Canal during the first three months of its operation, accounting for 18.2 million PC/UMS…

…In Fiscal Year 2017, the Panama Canal will continue its focus on enhancing the logistics infrastructure by advancing projects such as the Corozal Container Terminal, which is currently in the bidding stage…

(For information about operations in the Panama Canal contact GAC-Wilford & McKay at [email protected])

Source: Extracts from Panama Canal Authority Monthly Canal Operations Summary – October 2016 dated November 9, 2016

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