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Article: Panama Canal Authority Reduces Time Vessels Take to Travel the Canal By More Than 16 Percent; Faster and More Reliable Shipment of Goods for Customers.
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- PR Newswire
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- November 22, 2002
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PANAMA CITY -- The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced today that it has reduced by 16.6 percent, the time a vessel spends in Canal waters until it completes its transit through the waterway. The average Canal Waters Time (CWT) for 2001-2002 was 26.2 hours, compared to an average CWT of 31.4 hours for 1999-2000. The difference represents a 5.2-hour average savings to vessels on each trip through the Canal.
Moreover, the reduction was more dramatic for shippers using the Canal's "reservation system," where ships are able to reserve an exact date to transit the Canal, resulting in precise scheduling. Ships that employed the reservation system took only 18.6 ...