From Reuters
The Panama Canal will continue authorizing vessels coming from Venezuela provided they present the necessary paperwork, the waterway’s chief said on Wednesday, suggesting a new round of U.S. sanctions on the South American nation should not make a …
From AJOT
Expanded Panama Canal commemorates a milestone transit by a Q-Flex vessel, the world’s second largest LNG tanker class
The Panama Canal yesterday welcomed Qatargas’ Al Safliya, the first Q-Flex …
The Panama Canal reached a new milestone Monday after the successful transit of four liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships with a beam of up to 160 feet (49 …
From FreightWaves
The expanded Panama Canal, which can now accommodate larger ships in greater numbers, has altered trade flows on the North American continent.
The expansion, completed on June 26, 2016, doubled the capacity of the Panama Canal. East Coast …
From LNG World Shipping
Growing container traffic to the East Coast of the United States and a new liquefied natural gas export business to Asia are driving record volumes …
From Maritime Executive
The Panama Canal has added an additional reservation slot to its Neopanamax locks, bringing the total available booking slots to eight daily.
Demand has grown since the inauguration of the Expanded Canal nearly two years ago. So …
Underscoring changing trade patterns the first-ever liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipment from the Dominion Cove Point terminal in the US to Japan has transited the Panama Canal.
The transit of the LNG Sakura, which occurred last …
From gCaptain
The Panama Canal Authority has announced it will increase the maximum allowable beam for vessels in the new Neopanamax locks by more than two meters, which will inevitably result in even-bigger ships using the waterway.
The ACP said …
From Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Panama Canal may carry five times as much liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2020 as it did last year as production of the fuel expands in the United States …
From Reuters
PANAMA CITY, Feb 7 (Reuters) – The number of liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers traversing the Panama Canal is expected to jump 50 percent by September due to rising exports of the fuel from the United States, the …
Dealing with costly delays in getting tankers through the Panama Canal may slow down U.S. LNG shipments, according to Octavio Simoes, president of LNG export terminal developer Sempra LNG & Midstream. Bloomberg reported that Simoes calculated that every day a …
The fist LNG shipment to China from the lower 48 states arrived last week, marking the official entry of the U.S. into the Asian LNG market. The shipment was chartered by Royal Dutch Shell (ticker: RDS) and originated form Cheniere …
The Panama Canal was opened in 1914, and for a century, shippers have realized a more efficient route to Asia. But during more than a century of use, ships have increased in size and …
