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The maximum limits on the length and catch of vessels permitted to enter the Panama Canal have been high
Container containers up to 370.33 meters long and with a maximum catch of -15.24 meters can pass through it
June 15, 2021
To the decision to increase the maximum permissible length of the ships came even after some tests, including passing into the accounting channel Triton of the Evergreen company, 369 in length meters, which took place in 2019.
In addition, the Panama Canal Authority has announced also the increase in the maximum allow allowed catch for transit in the waterway, which is now -15.24 meters. The institution has specified that the increase in precipitation in the region and the management of the water resources of the lakes along the canal has to raise the limit of the fishing of vessels, which already since last April it had been raised to -14.93 meters.
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