Another successful trial transit has been conducted at the expanded Panama Canal. The transiting vessel, a US-built crane ship named the Oceanus, was manoeuvred through the Pacific-facing Cocoli Locks by Panama Canal Pilots Fernando Jaén and Ricardo Varela.
The transit took place 20 June. The inauguration of the Expanded Panama Canal will take place on Sunday 26 June with the first commercial transit of the Cosco Shipping Panama.
Expanded Canal
Once inaugurated the Expanded Canal will double the waterway’s cargo capacity, enhancing the Canal’s efficiency, reliability and customer service. The new waterway will provide greater economies of scale to global commerce as Neopanamax ships will be able to transit.
Picture: ACP-owned crane ship Oceanus successfully transits the new Pacific-facing Cocoli Locks on Monday.
