Panama Canal
27.30 vessels/day
−2.50% day
50-mile shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific. Drought in 2023–24 cut daily transits by half — a live example of climate binding to trade.
Nov 8 · 27.30 vessels/day · −3.5% vs the window’s open
the numbers80
| when | value | change |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 21 | 28.30 vessels/day | |
| Aug 22 | 27.40 vessels/day | −3.2% |
| Aug 23 | 26.70 vessels/day | −2.6% |
| Aug 24 | 27.70 vessels/day | +3.7% |
| Aug 25 | 27.40 vessels/day | −1.1% |
| Aug 26 | 27.00 vessels/day | −1.5% |
| Aug 27 | 27.60 vessels/day | +2.2% |
| Aug 28 | 28.00 vessels/day | +1.4% |
| Aug 29 | 28.70 vessels/day | +2.5% |
| Aug 30 | 29.10 vessels/day | +1.4% |
| Aug 31 | 29.00 vessels/day | −0.3% |
| Sep 1 | 29.90 vessels/day | +3.1% |
| Sep 2 | 30.10 vessels/day | +0.7% |
| Sep 3 | 30.00 vessels/day | −0.3% |
| Sep 4 | 30.10 vessels/day | +0.3% |
| Sep 5high | 30.70 vessels/day | +2.0% |
| Sep 6 | 30.00 vessels/day | −2.3% |
| Sep 7 | 29.70 vessels/day | −1.0% |
| Sep 8 | 29.60 vessels/day | −0.3% |
| Sep 9 | 29.70 vessels/day | +0.3% |
| Sep 10 | 30.30 vessels/day | +2.0% |
| Sep 11 | 30.00 vessels/day | −1.0% |
| Sep 12 | 29.30 vessels/day | −2.3% |
| Sep 13 | 29.70 vessels/day | +1.4% |
| Sep 14 | 29.10 vessels/day | −2.0% |
| Sep 15 | 28.40 vessels/day | −2.4% |
| Sep 16 | 27.60 vessels/day | −2.8% |
| Sep 17 | 26.70 vessels/day | −3.3% |
| Sep 18 | 26.60 vessels/day | −0.4% |
| Sep 19 | 26.40 vessels/day | −0.8% |
| Sep 20 | 26.10 vessels/day | −1.1% |
| Sep 21 | 26.40 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| Sep 22 | 27.40 vessels/day | +3.8% |
| Sep 23 | 27.70 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| Sep 24 | 27.40 vessels/day | −1.1% |
| Sep 25 | 27.00 vessels/day | −1.5% |
| Sep 26 | 26.60 vessels/day | −1.5% |
| Sep 27 | 27.00 vessels/day | +1.5% |
| Sep 28 | 27.70 vessels/day | +2.6% |
| Sep 29 | 27.10 vessels/day | −2.2% |
| Sep 30 | 26.90 vessels/day | −0.7% |
| Oct 1 | 26.60 vessels/day | −1.1% |
| Oct 2 | 27.10 vessels/day | +1.9% |
| Oct 3 | 27.30 vessels/day | +0.7% |
| Oct 4 | 27.10 vessels/day | −0.7% |
| Oct 5 | 26.70 vessels/day | −1.5% |
| Oct 6 | 26.40 vessels/day | −1.1% |
| Oct 7 | 26.30 vessels/day | −0.4% |
| Oct 8 | 26.40 vessels/day | +0.4% |
| Oct 9 | 25.70 vessels/day | −2.7% |
| Oct 10 | 25.40 vessels/day | −1.2% |
| Oct 11 | 25.90 vessels/day | +2.0% |
| Oct 12 | 25.30 vessels/day | −2.3% |
| Oct 13low | 25.10 vessels/day | −0.8% |
| Oct 14 | 26.10 vessels/day | +4.0% |
| Oct 15 | 26.30 vessels/day | +0.8% |
| Oct 16 | 27.30 vessels/day | +3.8% |
| Oct 17 | 28.10 vessels/day | +2.9% |
| Oct 18 | 27.70 vessels/day | −1.4% |
| Oct 19 | 28.40 vessels/day | +2.5% |
| Oct 20 | 29.00 vessels/day | +2.1% |
| Oct 21 | 28.40 vessels/day | −2.1% |
| Oct 22 | 28.70 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| Oct 23 | 28.40 vessels/day | −1.0% |
| Oct 24 | 28.90 vessels/day | +1.8% |
| Oct 25 | 28.70 vessels/day | −0.7% |
| Oct 26 | 28.70 vessels/day | 0.0% |
| Oct 27 | 28.40 vessels/day | −1.0% |
| Oct 28 | 29.10 vessels/day | +2.5% |
| Oct 29 | 28.40 vessels/day | −2.4% |
| Oct 30 | 28.30 vessels/day | −0.4% |
| Oct 31 | 27.40 vessels/day | −3.2% |
| Nov 1 | 27.30 vessels/day | −0.4% |
| Nov 2 | 27.60 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| Nov 3 | 27.10 vessels/day | −1.8% |
| Nov 4 | 27.10 vessels/day | 0.0% |
| Nov 5 | 27.70 vessels/day | +2.2% |
| Nov 6 | 27.40 vessels/day | −1.1% |
| Nov 7 | 28.00 vessels/day | +2.2% |
| Nov 8latest | 27.30 vessels/day | −2.5% |
Lately
The fortnight's news carried nothing about the canal itself. The shipping stories were elsewhere: the Suez Canal's October revenue and Russian strikes on cargo ships off Odesa, and neither accounts for traffic here.