First Suezmax Oil Tanker Begins Traveling Expanded Panama Canal

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The first Suezmax crude oil tanker that was slated to go through the newly expanded Panama Canal began its transit on Aug. 18, a public relations official told Reuters. The Aegean Unity, a Greece-flagged Suezmax vessel coming from the U.S. West Coast, entered the canal on the morning of Aug. 18, according to Reuters' vessel tracking data.