Maersk Groupone of the world’s largest shipping companies, announced that due to the low water level in the Panama Canal, it will use a “land bridge” to transport goods by rail to the other side of the isthmus.
Cause of “current situation in the water” In the Panama Canal, the shipping company has made “changes to its services to ensure customers suffer the least possible impact,” according to a press release issued last night.
Based on the water level in Gatun Lake currently forecast, the Panama Canal Authority has been forced to reduce the number and draft of vessels that can navigate the waterway, Maersk said.
“Ships that used to use the Panama Canal will now bypass the Panama Canal and use the ‘land bridge’ that the railroad uses to transport cargo along 80 kilometers to the other side of Panama”he reported the note.
This implies that heThe route between Oceania and America will now be divided into two “loops”one Atlantic and one Pacific.
Vessels located in the Pacific will dock in Balboa (Panama), from where they will depart their cargo en route to the west coast of North America or Latin America and will pick up containers for Australia and New Zealand.
At the same time, Atlantic ships He will perform the reverse operation in Manzanillo (Panama).
Maersk has assured its customers that it is doing “everything possible to avoid delays to the minimum possible” and admitted that there are currently “some delays” on routes to the south of the Americas, while routes to the north are being halted on Philadelphia and Charleston They function normally.
Recently, Aristides Royo, Minister of Canal Affairs, indicated that the project lThe creation of a reservoir in the Río Indio, as one of the possible solutions to the water crisis affecting the Panama Canal, would only be possible if the residents of this place approve it.
Namely, Royo said that it was The Panama Canal will not attempt to build a reservoir in the Río Indio, if the residents of this sector oppose it.
Source: Panama America
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