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Records of the tonnage of the ships journeyed in the channel of Panama hat
October-December 2013 with 87,7 million tons PC/UMS is established in the period
January 23, 2014
The Autoridad of the Canal de Panama City (the ACP) has announced that in the first trimester of fiscal year 2014, finished 31st December, the tonnage of the 3,450 ships pairs to 87,7 million tons PC/UMS journeyed in the channel of Panama hat have recorded a new record being are (Panama hat Canal Universal Measurement System), figure that represents an increment of +4.8% regarding the forecasts. The precedence record was established in the first trimester of the fiscal year 2012 (period October-December 2011) with 86,2 million tons PC/UMS. In the first trimester of the fiscal year the 2014 rates applied for the transit of the ships in the channel have yielded 614,1 million dollars, with an increase of +7.7% regarding the waits.
"These results - the administrator of the ACP, Jorge Luis Quijano has commented - reconfirm the impact of the channel of Panama hat on the international traffics and its role that consists in continuing to offer a reliable and competitive service to own customers".
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