Panama City, Oct 16, 2024 (AFP) - Panama Canal crossings down 29 percent due to drought

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2024-10-16

Traffic in the Panama Canal fell by 29 percent over the past year due to a severe drought linked to climate change, the canal's operator said late Tuesday. The volume of cargo shipped through the canal, which links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, was down by 17 percent in a year to 423 million tons, the canal authority of the central American country added. It did not release revenue figures for the year. Unlike the Suez Canal, the Panama Canal......

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