The containership segment contributed highest tonnage (36 percent), breaking its segment record with 13.8 million tons (PC/UMS) transited by 229 vessels.
"This new historical milestone reiterates the positive effect of the Expanded Canal and is further proof of the continued confidence of the maritime industry in the Panama Canal, and the impact it will have on the future of world maritime trade," said the Panama Canal Administrator Jorge L. Quijano.
March 1 – MSC Caterina became the 3,000th Neopanamax vessel to transit the Expanded Canal, reaffirming the interoceanic highway’s impact on world maritime trade.
March 7 – The Panama Canal added an additional reservation slot for Neopanamax vessels, raising the total available from seven to eight per day.
April 17 – The Panama Canal facilitated the historic transit of three LNG vessels, the Clean Ocean, Gaslog Gibraltar and Gaslog Hong Kong, in one day.
May 14 – The Panama Canal facilitated the transit of its largest cruise ship to date, the Norwegian Bliss operated by Norwegian Cruise Lines, weighing more than 168,000 gross tons and carrying the capacity for almost 5,000 passengers.