Panama Canal handles largest vessel to date
The Panama Canal has handled the largest vessel to transit its expanded locks – a container ship with a capacity of 14,885 teu.
The Neo-Panamax vessel, the CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt, measures 365.9 m in length and 48.2 m in beam.
The ship is deployed on the new Ocean Alliance’s weekly South Atlantic Express (SAX) service, which connects Asia and US East Coast ports via the Panama Canal.
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