Panama Canal fiscal-year transits rise to 13,951 in publisher report

The Maritime Executive reports a 4.1% increase in transit count for the fiscal year ended 30 September.

POSTED HERE21 Oct 2026 · 23:38:34 UTC

OBSERVATION DATE30 Sep 2026

SOURCE PUBLISHED21 Oct 2026 · 21:57:30 UTC

SOURCE RETRIEVED21 Oct 2026 · 23:35:14 UTC

The Panama Canal handled 13,951 transits in fiscal 2026, compared with 13,404 in fiscal 2025, according to The Maritime Executive’s account of the canal authority’s annual figures. The reporting year ended on 30 September 2026.

The article puts the year-on-year increase at 4.1% and attributes the growth to energy-shipping segments and container-vessel traffic.

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Source: The Maritime Executive · original report