FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) will increase daily capacity at the Neopanamax Locks from nine to 10 booking slots from October 15, 2026, citing improving water conditions and favorable hydrological projections. The additional slot will be offered through Booking Period 2 when the second-period competition opens on October 1. The increase will bring total daily Canal capacity to 33 transit slots across the Neopanamax and Panamax locks. At the same time, the ACP has adjusted the maximum authorized draft for vessels transiting the Neopanamax Locks to 14.94 m (49.0 ft), effective immediately and until further notice. RelatedNews US-China extend port fee suspension to January 2027 FuelEU Maritime: Three key lessons drawn from the first year of implementation var jnews_module_21407796_0_6abb771823125 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21407796","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1650,372,2339","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","a