Panama Canal Will Cap Daily Transits as El Nino Set to Reduce Water Levels - National
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El Niño is a temporary natural phenomenon, reinforced by global warming of human origin, which returns every two to seven years. Surface waters in the centre and east of the equatorial Pacific Ocean are warming, leading for months to major changes in wind, pressure and precipitation regimes worldwide. This year's episode could be the strongest ever recorded, and threatens to cause extreme weather conditions on the globe.
The Panama Canal will reduce the number of ships passing through it from next month due to drought caused by the El Nino phenomenon, the company that manages the strategic waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans said on Thursday.
Panama Canal to cut ship traffic over El Niño-fueled drought
From September 3, the number of vessels allowed through each day will fall from 36 to 34 due to low water levels in two artificial lakes that feed the canal, the Panama Canal Authority said on Thursday. It will drop to 32 from September 15 on.
Panama Canal to cap daily transits, anticipating severe El Niño
The Panama Canal Authority will cap daily transits as of early September as it gears up for a longer-than-usual El Niño season expected to reduce water levels, it said on Thursday, walking back a previous pledge to not limit vessel passage.
Restrictions come into effect on September 3rd and tighten on September 15th. Measures reverse a previous promise not to limit the passage of ships.
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