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At less than nine months from its widening the channel of Panama hat already is crossed by thousand new-Panamax ships
today 13 services of new-Panamax line journey through the closed new; others two will join the next month
March 20, 2017
little less than nine months from the inauguration of the closed new of the Channel of Panama hat, that they allow the transit of ships of greater dimension in the Central American water way(of the 27 june 2016), yesterday portacontainer the MSC Anzu of the company Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), that has a cargo ability pairs to 9.008 teu and is journeyed from the east west, has been millesima the new-Panamax ship to pass in the channel. Before the widening the channel could be crossed solo from ships until the Panamax dimension, unit type whose characteristics are defined by the Authority of the Channel of Panama hat and that they anticipate a width until 32,31 meters, while the width of the new-Panamax ships arrives until 49 meters.
the Autoridad of the Canal de Panama City (the ACP) has announced that this month the medium number of new-Panamax ships that have crossed the channel has been of 5,9 and that beyond the half of this type of ships is constituted by portacontainer. Moreover the Authority has specified that last month the new every day record of tonnage of the ships journeyed in the channel with 1,18 million tons PC/UMS is established, while records salaries are established to December 2016 and January 2017 respective with 35,4 million and 36,1 million tons PC/UMS.
the Authority has emphasized that up to now the widening of the channel has induced the companies of navigation to reindirizzare many services of line through Panama hat in order to take advantage of the offered economies of scale from the potenziamento of the channel. Until now - it has specified the ACP - 13 services of new-Panamax line, mainly on the route between the coast oriental of the United States and Asia, are transferred to the passage through the closed new and it previews that the next 1° April, when the new become operating great shipowning alliances, two new-Panamax services will join to others.
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little less than nine months from the inauguration of the closed new of the Channel of Panama hat, that they allow the transit of ships of greater dimension in the Central American water way
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
