Panama Canal LNG traffic builds towards capacity

The Panama Canal’s new enlarged locks handled 60 liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier transits in the last quarter of 2017, a 40 percent jump on the same period a year earlier.

The climb in traffic levels aligns with the build-up in exports from the Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana, currently the LNG sector’s only user of the Canal for laden voyages.

Source: LNG World Shipping