The reduction in ship transits in the Panama Canal has been eased in the second quarter of this year with the beginning of the rainy season that has mitigated, but not yet resolved, the problems with the level and availability of water in the Central American channel. Attenuation that has been determined also to measures to optimize water capacity adopted by the Canal Authority which allowed the body to to allow a gradual increase in the transit of ships, between including those of greater size and draught.

In the period April-June 2024, a total of 2,835 ships, with a decrease of -17.5% on the corresponding period of last year, of which 2,467 ships of high tonnage (-19,2%). The ships transited, of the net tonnage PC/UMS 104.6 million tonnes (-16.0%), transported 52.6 million tons of goods (-24.6%).

In the first six months of this year, the ships transited were 5,453, down -24.5% on the first half of 2023, and transported 95.4 million tons of goods (-33.5%).