Shipping and Logistics

June 14, 2016
Panama Canal Expansion Brings Changes to U.S. Ports
Written by Sandy Williams
The new locks at the Panama Canal are set to open on June 26th with the passage of a single vessel, the container ship Cosco Shipping Panama. The ship selected by lottery and sailing from Greece, will pass from the Caribbean locks of Agua Clara in the morning and end in the locks of Cocoli on the Pacific side in the afternoon.
Cosco Shipping Panama is a Neo-Panamax vessel constructed and launched on January 2016. The containership is 299.98 meters in length and 48.25 meters in beam (984 feet by 157 feet), and has a container carrying capacity of 9,472 TEU. More than 100 vessels have already booked passage through the locks beginning on June 27th.


