Panama Canal Cargo Tops Five-Year-Old Record
The Panama Canal handled a record of 333.7 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS) of cargo during fiscal year 2012, ending Sept. 30, officials said. That was up 3.6% over last year, it said, and tops the previous record of 312.9…
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million tons in 2007. The top market segments in the 2012 fiscal year were full container vessels with 119.8 million Panama Canal tons, followed by dry bulk carriers (83.4 million Panama Canal tons) and tankers (51.6 million Panama Canal tons).