The Panama Canal will certainly boost the variety of day-to-day reservation ports offered for Neopanamax vessels from 6 to 7 as Canal procedures come to be much more reliable, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has actually revealed.

The raised variety of day-to-day ports ended up being reliable December 1, 2017. With this procedure, the Panama Canal is accepting the extra ability permitted by the brand-new, bigger locks, the ACP stated in a declaration.

The 7 day-to-day reservation ports for Neopanamax vessels are provided along with the 23 ports offered every day for transportation with the Panamax locks.

“This increase is the direct result of our efficient, streamlined use of resources and effective collaboration as we meet the growing demand for transits through the Expanded Canal,” stated Panama Canal Administrator Jorge L.Quijano “We are excited to offer the additional capacity, and deliver on our promise to provide unparalleled safe and efficient service to our customers.”

The extra port is offered for ships transiting northbound from the Pacific Ocean to theAtlantic Ocean It was initial provided start September 26 with an unique competitors in the initial reservation duration in adherence to Panama Canal policies.

“Container vessels will have preference over other vessel types when allocating these additional slots. If no container vessels are interested, the slot will be awarded to any vessel that participated in the special competition, based on the Panama Canal Customer Ranking. After the special competition, the slots will be available to all vessels on a first-come, first-served basis,” the ACP clarified in its declaration.

The Neopanamax Locks can transportation extra ships past the variety of day-to-day ports allocated. For instance, the Expanded Canal transited a 10 Neopanamax ships on November 17, 2017– much surpassing the day-to-day efficiency of 3 to 4 day-to-day transportations as initially anticipated.

The ACP stated it will certainly remain to check out methods to broaden its ability with an objective of using 8 Neopanamax booking ports by the end of the initial quarter of 2018, as well as slowly carrying out brand-new procedures to boost ability with 2019.