巴拿马运河10月15日起增加每日通行船位
New limits: More ships can transit this key cargo chokepoint
巴拿马运河管理局宣布自10月15日起将新巴拿马型船闸每日通行量增至10班，新巴拿马型与巴拿马型船闸合计每日容量提升至33个船位，并立即将新巴拿马型船最大允许吃水恢复至49英尺。此次调整基于当前及预测的加通湖水位，此前因持续缺水，运河曾在9月中旬将每日总容量削减至32艘。管理局同时提示流域仍处于缺水状态，过境预约系统仍是保证通行日期的唯一方式，未预约船舶可能面临无限期延误。
巴拿马运河放宽通行与吃水限制，卖家可据此判断美东与墨西哥湾航线的舱位和到港节奏。
The Panama Canal Authority will increase the number of daily Neopanamax-lock transits to 10 beginning Oct. 15, lifting total daily capacity across the Neopanamax and Panamax locks to 33 slots as water conditions improve, the authority said Tuesday.
The increase is based on present and projected Gatun Lake levels, following near-average rainfall in the canal watershed and water-conservation measures at the locks.
The authority also said, effective immediately, it has restored the maximum authorized draft for Neopanamax vessels to 49 feet.
The new allocation marks the Canal’s most recent easing of drought-related operating restrictions. The authority previously reduced daily transit capacity and imposed draft limits as a prolonged water shortage lowered Gatun Lake, the principal reservoir supplying water to the locks.
The change matters for ports such as New York-New Jersey, Norfolk, Savannah, Charleston, Miami, Houston and New Orleans, where delayed canal passages can cascade into late berth arrivals, disrupted rail connections, chassis imbalances and unpredictable terminal workloads. The prior cuts reduced total daily capacity to as few as 32 ships in mid-September.
The immediate draft increase lets ships carry more cargo through the canal. A 10,000-TEU containership can lose roughly 450 TEUs of carrying capacity for every foot of draft restriction, according to one industry estimate.
Despite the added capacity and deeper draft allowance, the authority said the watershed remains in deficit and cautioned that its transit reservation, or booking, system is still the only means of guaranteeing a crossing date. Vessels arriving without a reservation could face indefinite delays.
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