Panama Canal Authority’s fiscal year 2009 metrics
Fiscal year 2009 (October 2008 – September 2009) statistics show a slight decline in total transits and tonnage compared to FY 2008. In addition, the Canal experienced growth in some principal segments, most notably general cargo, dry bulk, and tanker transits.
In FY 2009, CWT decreased 26.9% from 31.55 to 23.06 hours. For booked vessels (those ships holding reservations), CWT declined 16.1% from 18.52 in FY 2008 to 15.54 hours this year.
Total Canal transits experienced a marginal decline of 2.4% from 14,702 to 14,342 transits. The Panama Canal/Universal Measurement System (PC/UMS) tonnage decreased 3.4% from 309.6m to 299.1m PC/UMS tons
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