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Panama Canal Authority announces further transit reductions
Panama Canal Authority announces further transit reductions Earlier this week the Panama Canal Authority announced further transit reductions in a plea to mitigate record-low rainfall. October saw the area’s lowest recorded rainfall since its earliest registers 73 years ago. Further to that 2023 saw 41% less rainfall than in previous years leading to unprecedented low […]
Panama Canal Update – Sept 14 2023
Panama Canal Update – Sept 14 2023 The Panama Canal Authority told reporters to expect the possibility that the daily transit allowance could be reduced again in a press conference yesterday. The ACP has received a recommendation in its budget for the 2024 fiscal year to lower daily transits to 30-31 per day, […]
Panama Canal Congestion
Panama Canal Congestion On July 30th, the Panama Canal Authority implemented restrictions to combat what they describe as an “unprecedented” drought. While canal delays due to low water levels are not new, the canal faced the lowest rainfall this century and the Gaten Lake, which feeds the canal, has water levels at a four-year low. […]
Seasonal measures for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB)
Seasonal measures for Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) The brown marmorated stick bug (BMSB) is ranked 9 on Australia’s National Priority Plant Pest list. The bug is known to feed on around 300 different plant species and are known to feed on and severely damage fruit and vegetable crops. Giving it the potential to severely […]
Vessel fire kills two and injures another six
Vessel fire kills two and injures another six On Wednesday last week at 9:30 p.m. local time, a fire erupted on board a vessel docked at the Port of Newark. The vessel Grande Costa d’Avorio is a combination container roll-on roll-off vessel (ConRO) owned and operated by the Italian company Grimaldi Deep Sea, a part […]
