THE Panama Canal ended its 2019 fiscal year with a record tonnage of 469 million Panama
Canal tons (PC/UMS), a year-on-year 6.2 per cent increase, the canal
authority announced.
With this figure, the waterway exceeds
the 450.7 million PC/UMS tons projection for FY2019, as well as the
record tonnage of 442 million PC/UMS tons registered in the previous
fiscal year.
During FY19, transits for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG) segments rose by 37.6 and 6.9 per cent respectively,
representing the largest gain across all segments.
Additional segments with significant transit increases included crude
product tankers with a 5.6 per cent increase and vehicle ro-ro with a
5.5 per cent increase.
The container segment continued to dominate with 164.87 million PC/UMS
tons during FY 2019, of which 126.2 million PC/UMS tons transited
through the Neopanamax Locks. Leading segments also include bulk
carriers at 76.5 million PC/UMS tons, vehicle carrier ro-ro at 53.1
million PC/UMS tons, chemical tankers at 44.3 million PC/UMS tons, LNG
vessels at 43 million PC/UMS tons, LPG vessels at 37.8 million PC/UMS
tons, crude product tankers at 22.6 million PC/UMS tons and passenger
vessels at 9.9 million PC/UMS tons.
The main routes using the Panama Canal by cargo tonnage in FY19 include
between the US East Coast and Asia, followed by the US East Coast and
the West Coast of South America, Europe and the West Coast of South
America, the US East Coast and the West Coast of Central America, and
the US intercoastal route.
The main users of the waterway during FY19 were the United States, China, Japan, Chile and Mexico.
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