Panama Canal Sets Records
"Day in and day out, everyone at the ACP strives to make the Canal more efficient, safe and reliable. All of this hard work is paying off as we set new standards, raising the bar for excellence and increasing capacity. These records are a credit to our exceptional personnel - our traffic schedulers, pilots, line handlers, locomotive operators, tugboat and launch crews and many others," said Canal Administrator Alberto Alemán Zubieta. Recent improvements in Canal efficiency are the result of the ACP's permanent modernization program, with projects such as: the widening of the Gaillard Cut, the acquisition of new locomotives and the rehabilitation of the locomotive tracks, the implementation of a sophisticated navigation system - AIS, the addition of new tugboats and the deepening of Gatun Lake. As the permanent modernization program continues, efficiency increases and CWT plunges, which leads to increased capacity.