THE Panama Canal welcomed the 10,000th neopanamax vessel through the expanded canal, marking a new milestone for the nearly 106-year waterway and its growing liquefied natural gas (LNG) segment.
The transit was completed by 94,665-dwt LNG tanker SK Resolute travelling southbound from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Constructed in 2018, the vessel has a cargo capacity of 180,000 m3 and measures 292 metres in length and 47.8 metres abeam.
This marked the vessel's 13th transit as it often travels between the east coast of the United States and South Korea and Japan, as well as from Chile to the east coast of North America.
SeaNews Turkey
The transit was completed by 94,665-dwt LNG tanker SK Resolute travelling southbound from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Constructed in 2018, the vessel has a cargo capacity of 180,000 m3 and measures 292 metres in length and 47.8 metres abeam.
This marked the vessel's 13th transit as it often travels between the east coast of the United States and South Korea and Japan, as well as from Chile to the east coast of North America.
SeaNews Turkey