5,000th Neopanamax transits Panama Canal
DECEMBER 10, 2018 — Today, the Panama Canal welcomed its 5,000th Neopanamax vessel through the waterway: the 13,345 TEU containership COSCO Faith. The 366 m x 46.2 m ship transited the Canal
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Port Hueneme greets its first neopanamax arrival
AUGUST 10, 2016 — Port Hueneme, California, has received its first Neo-Panamax ship, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics’ High Efficiency Ro/Ro (HERO) vessel, Thalatta. Almost 200 m long and 36.5 m wide, the ship
Box ship scrape is first accident in expanded Panama Canal
JULY 25, 2016 — A Cosco neopanamax containership last month became the first ship to make a commercial transit of the expanded Panama Canal. Now another Cosco neopanamax, the 8,500 TEU Xin
WWL takes delivery of fourth neopanamax RO/RO
JULY 19, 2016 — Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics’ (WWL) has added a fourth giant RO/RO vessel, M/V Themis, to its fleet of neopanamax vessels built for the expanded Panama Canal. The delivery means
Neopanamax is biggest ship to visit Port of NY and NJ
JULY 8, 2016 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.’s 10,100 TEU MOL Benefactor today docked at the GCT Terminal in Bayonne, NJ, becoming the largest vessel ever to call the Port of New
More panamax containerships head for demolition
JULY 1, 2016 — Does the opening of the Panama Canal to larger neopanamax vessels sound the death knell for the panamax containership? Copenhagen headquartered BIMCO, the world’s largest international shipping association,
VIDEO: Inaugural transit opens expanded Panama Canal
JUNE 27, 2016 — The Neopanamax containership COSCO Shipping Panama has become the first ship to make a commercial transit of the expanded Panama Canal, heralding potential major changes for U.S. East
Panama Canal conducts another successful trial transit
JUNE 22, 2016 — The Panama Canal conducted another successful trial transit in the Expanded Canal on June 20. The transiting vessel, the Panama Canal Authority’s U.S.-built crane Oceanus, was maneuvered through
Neopanamax makes training transits of expanded canal
JUNE 10, 2015 — A 255 m x 43 m neopanamax vessel yesterday transited the Panama Canal’s contracted new Atlantic-facing Agua Clara Locks. The vessel, MN Baroque, has been contracted by the
Panama Canal dismisses ITF claims on maneuvering safety
APRIL 29, 2016 — The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is dismissing recent claims by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) that raised safety concerns about maneuvering in the operation of the Expanded