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Happy Sixth Anniversary!

BillB48

By BillB48,
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Six years ago today the new locks for the Canal opened for their first paying customer, the MV Cosco Shipping Panama.  The ship was renamed for the occasion, previously it was named  Andronikos.  Attached is a short video highlighting some of the major milestones in the last six years.  The Canal in the past has provided English versions for events as this, but so far no English edition has been offered.  Some of the major takeaways are... 46% of the vessels transiting are container ships, 22% are gas carriers, 96% of the world's maritime fleet is able to use the Canal, more than 17000 transits have been completed using the new locks and more than 50% of the total Canal tonnage and income is generated by the new locks.

 

 

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