FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Ilya Espino de Marotta officially took office on 7 September, as Administrator of the Panama Canal, beginning her seven-year term at the helm of one of the world’s most strategically important waterways. The formal handover marked an orderly transition of leadership and the start of a new administration for the Panama Canal. Espino de Marotta, who has spent more than four decades working within the institution, is the first woman to serve as its top executive. RelatedNews Greece and Japan discuss closer cooperation in shipping, ports and shipbuilding Bureau Veritas, CMA CGM and SDARI launch project for AI-assisted container vessel var jnews_module_21381434_0_6a9fcc0b529cc = {"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":"21381434","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1567,2329,2860,372,2424","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","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_ima