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the government of Panama hat has approved of the new one slowly of the rates for the transit of the ships in the Central American channel
It will take effect on April 1°, 2016
May 4, 2015
The Council of Ministers of Panama hat has approved of the new one slowly of the tolls for the transit of the ships in the channel of the Central American republic. The new tariff system, that , is introduced at the beginning of this year from the Authority of the Channel of Panama hat and anticipates remarkable differences regarding the current one ( on 7 January 2015).
Almost all the segments of marine traffic will have a tariff system based on different unit of measurement. For example, the rates for the ships portarinfuse will be based on the tonnage of gross capacity of the ship and on the weight in tons of the transported cargo; the rates for the ships liquefied gas tankers that transport natural gas which liquified and gas of liquified oil will be based on the cubic metres, while for the oil tankers the rates will be measured and based on tons PC/UMS (Panama hat Canal Universal Measurement System); the relative rates to the portacontainer will continue to being based on the container transported (measured in box from 20 ' teu) and those for the fleeting ships on the number of beds or tons PC/UMS. Moreover the new one slowly includes the new tariff segment Intra Maritime Clusters that comprises local the marine traffic and whose taken effect it is immediate.
Also an unknown program of loyalization for the segment of the portacontainer will be put into effect, that it previews the application of rates facilitated once reached a sure level of the transported volume of container through the Panamanian channel.
"After to have worked to tight contact with our partner of the marine field - the administrator of the Autoridad of the Canal de Panama City has declared, Jorge Luis Quijano - I am pleased to assert that we will be able to supply a tariff solution made-to-measure for our customers and to improve the value and the reliability offered from the route".
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