More than 500 ships have actually currently transited the increased Panama Canal much less than 6 months after the commencement of the brand-new locks on June 26, 2016.

The Panama Canal noted the landmark 500th transportation with the brand-new locks on Wednesday with the transportation of the Yan Ming containership YMUnity In a declaration the Panama Canal Authority claimed the brand-new neopanamax locks are currently going beyond assumptions.

“We are very optimistic, because our customers continue to rely on our route, what drives us every day to provide quality service,” claimed Canal Administrator Jorge Luis Quijano.

The YM Unity started its transportation of the canal on the Pacific side after cruising from China, gone to the united state East Coast and alsoSingapore The vessel was really the very first of 5 ships set up to transportation the increased locks on Wednesday.

The 2006-built YM Unity ship gauges 335.7 meters long and also 42.8 meters broad. It can bring 8,500 TEU.