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The Panama hat Canal Authority previews rises of the rates of transit in the Central American channel
The plan on July 1°, 2012 includes increases in vigor from and an ulterior increment from on July 1°, 2013
April 24, 2012
The board of directors of the Panama hat Canal Authority (the ACP) has approved of a plan of increase of the rates for the transit of the ships in the Panamanian channel that among other things previews the increment of the number of the types of ships in which subdividing the ship that crosses the way of Central American water to the aim of the payment of the tolls.
In particular, the plan previews that the segment of the tankers is subdivided in three different types, previews the institution of the new segment of the ships container/breakbulk and the incorporation of the ships ro-ro in the segment of the ships door-automobiles. The new subdivision includes the following types: full hand container (new segment), reefer, portarinfuse, passengers, door-car and ro-ro (two fusion segments), reserviors (reorganized segment), to chimichiere (new segment), LPG (new segment), general cargo and other ships.
Plan proposed, that it is time subject to a period of consultation and 31 public appraisal that will finish next May, previews that the first tranche of increases is applied by the next 1° July and the second one from on July 1°, 2013 on the base of the rates listed in the following table:
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