Panama Canal transits
32 ships/day
+33.33% day
Ships crossing the Panama Canal each day, the shortcut between the Atlantic and the Pacific. Its locks run on fresh water from Gatún Lake, so drought in Panama cuts the daily slots and delays trade between Asia and the US east coast.
Oct 11 · 32.00 ships/day · +28.0% vs the window’s open
the numbers51
| when | value | change |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 22 | 25.00 ships/day | |
| Aug 23 | 28.00 ships/day | +12.0% |
| Aug 24 | 30.00 ships/day | +7.1% |
| Aug 25 | 25.00 ships/day | −16.7% |
| Aug 26 | 28.00 ships/day | +12.0% |
| Aug 27 | 31.00 ships/day | +10.7% |
| Aug 28 | 29.00 ships/day | −6.5% |
| Aug 29 | 30.00 ships/day | +3.4% |
| Aug 30 | 31.00 ships/day | +3.3% |
| Aug 31 | 29.00 ships/day | −6.5% |
| Sep 1 | 31.00 ships/day | +6.9% |
| Sep 2 | 30.00 ships/day | −3.2% |
| Sep 3 | 30.00 ships/day | 0.0% |
| Sep 4 | 30.00 ships/day | 0.0% |
| Sep 5high | 34.00 ships/day | +13.3% |
| Sep 6 | 26.00 ships/day | −23.5% |
| Sep 7 | 27.00 ships/day | +3.8% |
| Sep 8 | 30.00 ships/day | +11.1% |
| Sep 9 | 31.00 ships/day | +3.3% |
| Sep 10 | 34.00 ships/day | +9.7% |
| Sep 11 | 28.00 ships/day | −17.6% |
| Sep 12 | 29.00 ships/day | +3.6% |
| Sep 13 | 29.00 ships/day | 0.0% |
| Sep 14low | 23.00 ships/day | −20.7% |
| Sep 15 | 25.00 ships/day | +8.7% |
| Sep 16 | 25.00 ships/day | 0.0% |
| Sep 17 | 28.00 ships/day | +12.0% |
| Sep 18 | 27.00 ships/day | −3.6% |
| Sep 19 | 28.00 ships/day | +3.7% |
| Sep 20 | 27.00 ships/day | −3.6% |
| Sep 21 | 25.00 ships/day | −7.4% |
| Sep 22 | 32.00 ships/day | +28.0% |
| Sep 23 | 27.00 ships/day | −15.6% |
| Sep 24 | 26.00 ships/day | −3.7% |
| Sep 25 | 24.00 ships/day | −7.7% |
| Sep 26 | 25.00 ships/day | +4.2% |
| Sep 27 | 30.00 ships/day | +20.0% |
| Sep 28 | 30.00 ships/day | 0.0% |
| Sep 29 | 28.00 ships/day | −6.7% |
| Sep 30 | 25.00 ships/day | −10.7% |
| Oct 1 | 24.00 ships/day | −4.0% |
| Oct 2 | 28.00 ships/day | +16.7% |
| Oct 3 | 26.00 ships/day | −7.1% |
| Oct 4 | 29.00 ships/day | +11.5% |
| Oct 5 | 27.00 ships/day | −6.9% |
| Oct 6 | 26.00 ships/day | −3.7% |
| Oct 7 | 24.00 ships/day | −7.7% |
| Oct 8 | 25.00 ships/day | +4.2% |
| Oct 9 | 23.00 ships/day | −8.0% |
| Oct 10 | 24.00 ships/day | +4.3% |
| Oct 11latest | 32.00 ships/day | +33.3% |
Lately
The fortnight's big Panama story was the 7.7 earthquake on Oct 9 that toppled a tower in Penonomé and affected over 6,000 people, alongside forecasts of a super El Niño, the kind of drought that has lowered the canal before. None of it reported any effect on the canal's traffic.