Current:Home > BackPanama Canal reduces the maximum number of ships travelling the waterway to 31 per day-DB Wealth Institute B2 Expert Reviews
Panama Canal reduces the maximum number of ships travelling the waterway to 31 per day
View Date:2024-12-23 18:43:21
PANAMA CITY (AP) — The Panama Canal announced Saturday it will reduce the maximum number of ships travelling the waterway to 31 per day, from 32 in August, due to a drought that has reduced the supply of fresh water needed to operate the locks.
That compares to daily averages of 36 to 38 ships per day under normal operation.
Nine ships per day will be allowed to use the new, bigger NeoPanamax locks and 22 per day will be handled through the older Panamax locks.
The Canal Authority guaranteed a draft of 44 feet for ships, in part because 70% of ships using the waterway need at least that depth.
In August, the canal implemented a measure capping the number of ships passing through its locks daily to a maximum of 32.
Not enough rain has fallen to feed the watershed system of rivers and brooks that fill lakes, whose waters in turn fill the locks.
The watershed also supplies freshwater to Panama City, home to about half the country’s 4 million people.
veryGood! (8656)
Related
- Padma Lakshmi, John Boyega, Hunter Schafer star in Pirelli's 2025 calendar: See the photos
- An emotional week for the Dolphins ends with Tua Tagovailoa concussed and his future unclear
- Selling Sunset's Emma Hernan Slams Evil Nicole Young for Insinuating She Had Affair With Married Man
- As civic knowledge declines, programs work to engage young people in democracy
- My Chemical Romance will perform 'The Black Parade' in full during 2025 tour: See dates
- Modern Family’s Julie Bowen Reveals What Her Friendship With Sofia Vergara Is Really Like
- Pittsburgh proposes a $500,000 payment to settle bridge collapse lawsuits
- Lil Wayne feels hurt after being passed over as Super Bowl halftime headliner. The snub ‘broke’ him
- Best fits for Corbin Burnes: 6 teams that could match up with Cy Young winner
- Hawaii wildfire victims made it just blocks before becoming trapped by flames, report says
Ranking
- The Best Gifts for People Who Don’t Want Anything
- Hawaii wildfire victims made it just blocks before becoming trapped by flames, report says
- Asteroid Apophis has the tiniest chance of hitting earth in 2029 – on a Friday the 13th
- Fani Willis skips a Georgia state Senate hearing while challenging subpoena
- Timothée Chalamet Details How He Transformed Into Bob Dylan for Movie
- Going once, going twice: Google’s millisecond ad auctions are the focus of monopoly claim
- Lil Tay's Account Says She's Been Diagnosed With a Heart Tumor One Year After Death Hoax
- Why Dave Coulier Respects Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen’s Different Perspective on Full House
Recommendation
-
Watch a rescuer’s cat-like reflexes pluck a kitten from mid-air after a scary fall
-
Georgia’s governor says a program to ease college admission is boosting enrollment
-
Sonya Massey family joins other victims of police violence to plead for change
-
Hawaii wildfire victims made it just blocks before becoming trapped by flames, report says
-
Traveling to Las Vegas? Here Are the Best Black Friday Hotel Deals
-
Sonya Massey family joins other victims of police violence to plead for change
-
State Department diplomatic security officer pleads guilty to storming Capitol
-
Ex-NFL star Kellen Winslow II expresses remorse from prison, seeks reduced sentence