How El Nino Is Choking the Panama Canal
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How El Nino is choking the Panama Canal
Five percent of global trade passes through the canal that connects the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic. The waterway is set to reduce daily traffic from 36 to 32 ships a day in an effort to conserve water amid a severe drought likely to last until mid-2027. Canal authorities are also reducing the permitted draft of vessels -- how deep they sit in the water -- from 15.24 to 14.63 meters. Panama has declared an emergency over El Nino, which raise…
As of today, the Panama Canal applies new restrictions on the transit of ships amid the effects of the El Niño phenomenon.
(Updates with the entry into force of the measure on Friday) Panama City, 3 Sep (EFE).- The Panama Canal restricts from this Friday to 34, of an average of 36, the daily transits of ships, a measure that seeks to save the fresh water provided by two lakes that already suffer from the [...] Entry The Panama Canal applies the first transit restriction of 2026 due to drought was first published in HolaNews.
Panama Canal applies El Niño drought restrictions to preserve water and limit ship transit.
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