# Ship Photos - 1,000 Vessels Through the Expanded Panama Canal

> The expanded Panama Canal marked its 1,000th Neopanamax transit on March 19, 2017, with the MSC Anzu. The canal now averages 5.9 Neopanamax transits per day.

- Date: 2017-03-20 · published 2017-03-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71886-ship-photos-1-000-vessels-through-the-expanded-panama-canal
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Steady Neopanamax traffic supports efficient grain and container routing between US Gulf, Pacific and Asian markets, a mild bearish factor for freight costs.

## Read by commodity

- OCEANFRT: bearish ▼

## Sources

- gcaptain.com: https://gcaptain.com/ship-photos-1000-transits-expanded-panama-canal/

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