Plataforma cubre todos los principales activos logísticos de Panamá, como el canal, los puertos marítimos, los aeropuertos, las carreteras, las zonas económicas especiales y las zonas francas, junto con un amplio espectro de servicios logísticos.
Source: National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama (INEC, for its acronym in Spanish).
Starting in April 2022, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC, for its acronym in Spanish) began to include re-exports related to Free Zones in its reports.
Source: National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama (INEC, for its acronym in Spanish).
As of April 2022, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC, for its acronym in Spanish) began to include re-exports related to the Special Economic Area of Panama Pacific in its reports.
The Regional Logistics Center for Humanitarian Assistance has two international users: the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD). These users, mobilize humanitarian cargo in response to emergencies caused by natural disasters, as well as to other humanitarian operations in the region, such as:
Fuego Volcano eruption, Guatemala (2018)
Hurricanes Irma and Maria recovery (2018)
Hurricane Dorian, Bahamas (2019)
Tropical Storms Eta and Hurricane Iota (2020)
Tropical Storm Eta and Hurricane Iota recovery (2020)
La Soufrière Volcano eruption, St. Vicent & the Grenadines (2021)
The geographical position of Panama in the narrowest point of the Central American isthmus strategically connects the countries of the world especially those with commercial activities in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The accessibility provided by the Panama Canal competitively binds all global markets, mainly Asia, Europe, North and South America.
The main trade routes with traffic in the Panama Canal are:
East Coast of U.S.A. and Asia (Far East)
East Coast of U.S.A. and West Coast of South America
Coast to Coast of South America
Europe and West Coast of South America
East Coast of U.S.A and West Coast of Central America
These main routes, along with others that use the waterway, reported for fiscal year 2023 a total of 510,370 PC/UMS[1] net tonnage, representing a decrease of 1.5% compared with fiscal year 2022.
[1] PC/UMS is the Panama Canal Universal Measurement System. This amount also includes the PC/UMS tonnages for container and passenger vessels.
Traffic Statistics
Traffic Statistics
The Panama Canal operates under a countinuous working schedule of 24 hours, 365 days. This means that the waterway is available for all ships willing to cross from one ocean to another. With an effective traffic scheduling system, the Canal ensures an expedite and secure transit of each vessel if the weather conditions, demand and own vessel’s technical conditions permit it.
For fiscal year 2024, the Panama Canal registered a total of 11,240 transits of deep and small commercial vessels that transported 210 million long tons of cargo, and generated total tolls that reached USD 3,381 million.
Fiscal Year
Number of transits
Tolls
Long tons of cargos
2024
11,240
3,381,000,000
210,306,847
2023
14,080
3,348,000,000
285,779,790
2022
14,239
3,028,000,000
291,755,543
2021
13,342
2,968,000,000
287,493,860
2020
12,245
2,661,000,000
255,733,585
2019
13,785
2,592,000,000
252,390,291
2018
13,795
2,484,696,000
255,049,145
2017
13,548
2,238,035,000
241,008,112
2016
13,114
1,932,993,872
204,706,283
2015
13,874
1,991,295,609
229,147,990
2014
13,481
1,910,233,817
227,518,351
2013
13,660
1,849,679,052
212,108,694
2012
14,544
1,852,409,775
218,054,902
2011
14,684
1,730,052,192
222,357,111
2010
14,230
1,481,962,773
204,854,465
Source: Panama Canal. Statistics and Models Management Unit (MEEM)
Oceangoing commercial traffic through the Panama Canal by month (FY 2021-2024)
The major oceangoing vessels traffic by market segment is given by container carriers that accounted 2,773 ships during the fiscal year 2024, followed by the chemical tankers with 1,808 ships, and the bulk carriers with 1,278 transits. The participation of these market segments
represented 24.6%, 16% and 11.4% respectively of the total number of transits.
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A large number of goods transit the Panama Canal ranging from commodities and raw materials, manufactured and high tech products. The main goods that uses the waterway can be grouped into:
Containerized cargo
Coal
Grains (main oats, corn, soybeans, rice, and other miscelaneous grains)
The Panama Canal is committed to remain as an alternative for international trade by satisfying the needs of the maritime industry focusing in understanding the characteristics and needs of each market. This commitment ensures that the services provided by the Canal are adequate to the different segments, either for the toll rates or technical requirements that are demanded.
Part of the Corporate Mission of the Panama Canal is to build long-lasting relationships with the Canal users, adding value to their business and an outstanding quality service.
Among some of the Panama Canal users:
American President Line
CMA CGM
China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company
Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores (CSAV)
Evergreen Marine
Hamburg-Sud
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (K-Line)
Maersk Line
Mediterranean Shipping Co.
Mitsui O.S.K.
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK)
Seatrade Reefer Chartering NV
STX Pan Ocean Company LTD
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines
Zim Israel Compañía de Navegación
Advisories to Shipping
Advisories to Shipping
The Panama Canal maintains all their users updated of the requirements, restrictions, security measures, and all kind of general and operational information that is necessary for the smooth operations of the transit activities and other marine services offered to the vessels.
Also, the Canal has available in its website the Monthly Canal Operations Summary under Notices to Shipping. These summaries have valuable information such as:
Resources usage
Traffic statistics, given in monthly average, maximum and minimum values of:
Arrivals
Canal water times (in hours)
In-Transit times (in hours)
Details of oceangoing transits
Booking slots
Schedule of Canal infrastructure maintenance outages
General information
This information is available in the following link:
