The transit 1,535 of a neopanamax marks today the first year of operation of the interoceanic way expansion, which exceded expectations of the shipping market, according to the Panama Canal Authority (PCA).
Through the canal navigated 5.9 neopanamax per day as average, double the estimates of the PCA for the first stage that concludes today and also, the cruising of container ships with 13 thousand TEU’s (six-meter containers) that will transit daily.
Among them, those of biggest size transiting the Canal, was the Chinese OOCL (Orient Overseas Container Line) France with a top capacity of 13 thousand 926 TEU’s and dimensions of 366.47 meters long and 48.23 wide; besides, its toll was one million 83 thousand dollars, record to date in the water route.
