Panama Canal hails three LNG transits in one day but OIES says pinch-point looms

摘要

The Panama Canal Authority (PCA) has hailed the transit of three LNG carriers in one day through the expanded waterway – but experts warn that growing demand for slots will soon exceed capacity, even if it is increased to four LNG vessels per day. The authority confirmed the achievement in a single sentence on its Twitter feed, without relaying the circumstances that allowed three vessels to pass through. As one source put it, “the canal probably had extra space that day”.