In anticipation of LNG transit needs, the Panama Canal will lift self-imposed daylight and encounter restrictions on LNG vessels, Deputy Administrator Manuel E. Benitez announced today during a press briefing at the World Gas Conference in Washington, DC. The changes will go into effect October 1, 2018.

The Panama Canal Administration announces that it successfully transited three LNG vessels through its Neopanamax locks on April 17, 2018, marking a first for the waterway.


The Panama Canal has announced an increase in the maximum allowable draft, after recent rainfall brought the Gatun and Alajuela Lakes to their operating limits.

Following the close of its 2017 fiscal year (FY17), the Panama Canal announced that the waterway welcomed a record 403.8 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS) of cargo in FY17,

Οι Μινωικές Γραμμές επιθυμούν να επιβεβαιώσουν τη στρατηγική επιλογή για την απόκτηση του ελέγχου της Hellenic Seaways, παρά τα απογοητευτικά οικονομικά

 The vessel took 38 days to travel 10,440 nautical miles from Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. in Gdansk, Poland.