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Record salary of tonnage of the ships that have crossed the channel of Panama hat
To April is in program the first transit in the Central American water way of a ship from cruise neoPanamax
February 6, 2017
the Authority of the Channel of Panama hat has announced that last month the Central American channel is crossed by 1.260 ships for a tonnage total pairs to 36,1 million tons PC/UMS, volume that constitutes the new record salary for the water way having exceeded the precedence record established with last December 35,4 million tons PC/UMS totaled with the transits of 1.166 ships. Before the inauguration of the widening of the channel, happened last june(of the 27 june 2016), the record was marked in the October of 2014 with the 30,4 million one tons PC/UMS.
"This increase - it has emphasized the administrator of the Autoridad of the Canal de Panama City, Jorge Luis Quijano - confirmation the positive effect of the widening of the channel and is an ulterior test of the continuous confidence of the marine field in the channel of Panama hat and of the impact that it will have on the future of world-wide the marine commerce".
Quijano has specified that in the seven months passed from the inauguration of the widening of the channel are recorded the transits of approximately 750 ships neoPanamax, of which beyond 50% was portacontainer. The next April, moreover, is attended the first transit of a ship from cruise neoPanamax, units that are able to transport until 4.000 passengers, almost the double quantity of the ability to the ships from cruise that up to now could cross the channel of Panama hat.
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the Authority of the Channel of Panama hat has announced that last month the Central American channel is crossed by 1.260 ships for a tonnage total pairs to 36,1 million tons PC/UMS, volume that constitutes the new record salary for the water way having exceeded the precedence record established with last December 35,4 million tons PC/UMS totaled with the transits of 1.166 ships. Before the inauguration of the widening of the channel, happened last june
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
