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First suezmax tanker transits expanded Panama Canal
TIN news: The first Suezmax crude oil tanker, Aegean Unity, began its historic transit on Thursday across the newly expanded Panama Canal.
Panama Canal Authoirty confirmed that the Greece-flagged vessel will be the first Suezmax to pass through the widened waterway. Aegean Unity coming from the U.S. West Coast, entered the Canal on Thursday morning August 18th,2016 , according to Reuters’ vessel tracking data.
The Aegean Unity becomes the first ‘Suezmax’ crude #oil tanker to cross the newly widened @CanaldePanama #OOTT pic.twitter.com/rZARdfnxKC
— Javier Blas (@JavierBlas2) August 18, 2016
The ship is owned by Greece-based company Arcadia Shipmanagement and has a length of 274 meters and a width of 48 meters, the 158,932 dwt ship.
The expanded Panama Canal, which opened in late June, got off to a rocky start when one Chinese container ship hit a wall during transit, gashing the side of the ship and necessitating repairs. Other ships had bumped into the canal’s fenders, even ripping one off, when passing through the new locks.
Panama Canal Authoirty confirmed that the Greece-flagged vessel will be the first Suezmax to pass through the widened waterway. Aegean Unity coming from the U.S. West Coast, entered the Canal on Thursday morning August 18th,2016 , according to Reuters’ vessel tracking data.
The Aegean Unity becomes the first ‘Suezmax’ crude #oil tanker to cross the newly widened @CanaldePanama #OOTT pic.twitter.com/rZARdfnxKC
— Javier Blas (@JavierBlas2) August 18, 2016
The ship is owned by Greece-based company Arcadia Shipmanagement and has a length of 274 meters and a width of 48 meters, the 158,932 dwt ship.
The expanded Panama Canal, which opened in late June, got off to a rocky start when one Chinese container ship hit a wall during transit, gashing the side of the ship and necessitating repairs. Other ships had bumped into the canal’s fenders, even ripping one off, when passing through the new locks.