Panama Canal: transits and disruption history

Name: Panama Canal daily transits
Creator: World Freight Monitor

Panama Canal averaged 27.8 vessel transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026), compared with 26.5 in the previous 28 days (+4.6%). The archive records 2 disruptions here.

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Key facts

Wikidata: Q7350
Type: canal
Bordering countries: Panama
Recorded events: 2
Curated lanes passing: 5
Data through: 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026)

Panama Canal averaged 27.8 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-11-08.

Disruption history

2 recorded events, newest first.

Events at Panama Canal
Start	Event	Type	Status	Severity
2026-07-01	Panama Canal cuts Neopanamax draft and daily transit slots	Drought restriction	ongoing	3 Significant
2023-03-01	Drought cuts draft and daily transits at the Panama Canal	Drought restriction	ended	4 Severe

Full event history for Panama Canal

History since 2019

Monthly mean of transits, all vessel types at Panama Canal. Shaded bands are the disruptions in the archive. A band shows when an event ran, and the line does not prove the event caused any change.

Panama Canal, transits, all vessel types, monthly mean, 2019-01-01 (1 January 2019) to 2026-10-01 (1 October 2026): values ranged from 19.5 transits per day, monthly mean on 2024-01-01 to 43.6 transits per day, monthly mean on 2020-01-01, with a mean of 31.1 transits per day, monthly mean. The latest value, for 2026-10-01, was 27.3 transits per day, monthly mean. Shaded bands mark 2 recorded events: Panama Canal cuts Neopanamax draft and daily transit slots (2026-07-01 to 2026-11-08); Drought cuts draft and daily transits at the Panama Canal (2023-03-01 to 2024-09-01).

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-11-10 (10 November 2026).

Panama Canal, transits, all vessel types, monthly mean (transits per day, monthly mean).
Date	transits per day, monthly mean
2019-01-01	31.5
2019-02-01	31.5
2019-03-01	31.2
2019-04-01	30.2
2019-05-01	31.1
2019-06-01	30.4
2019-07-01	30.6
2019-08-01	34.0
2019-09-01	31.6
2019-10-01	34.0
2019-11-01	34.9
2019-12-01	33.2
2020-01-01	43.6
2020-02-01	35.2
2020-03-01	31.7
2020-04-01	29.6
2020-05-01	26.7
2020-06-01	26.2
2020-07-01	28.6
2020-08-01	30.5
2020-09-01	29.8
2020-10-01	33.5
2020-11-01	32.6
2020-12-01	33.6
2021-01-01	32.9
2021-02-01	33.0
2021-03-01	33.1
2021-04-01	32.1
2021-05-01	31.3
2021-06-01	31.2
2021-07-01	31.7
2021-08-01	33.6
2021-09-01	28.7
2021-10-01	32.2
2021-11-01	35.2
2021-12-01	35.4
2022-01-01	33.2
2022-02-01	34.5
2022-03-01	33.0
2022-04-01	32.8
2022-05-01	33.3
2022-06-01	34.8
2022-07-01	32.0
2022-08-01	34.4
2022-09-01	31.7
2022-10-01	33.2
2022-11-01	33.7
2022-12-01	34.1
2023-01-01	32.7
2023-02-01	32.1
2023-03-01	32.9
2023-04-01	33.8
2023-05-01	31.0
2023-06-01	30.6
2023-07-01	31.6
2023-08-01	30.9
2023-09-01	31.0
2023-10-01	30.1
2023-11-01	24.1
2023-12-01	21.7
2024-01-01	19.5
2024-02-01	20.8
2024-03-01	21.8
2024-04-01	23.8
2024-05-01	24.7
2024-06-01	27.6
2024-07-01	28.5
2024-08-01	29.5
2024-09-01	30.1
2024-10-01	29.4
2024-11-01	31.3
2024-12-01	31.4
2025-01-01	29.7
2025-02-01	31.7
2025-03-01	31.3
2025-04-01	31.3
2025-05-01	30.1
2025-06-01	30.1
2025-07-01	31.3
2025-08-01	31.2
2025-09-01	31.7
2025-10-01	32.0
2025-11-01	31.7
2025-12-01	31.6
2026-01-01	30.7
2026-02-01	32.4
2026-03-01	33.8
2026-04-01	34.8
2026-05-01	34.3
2026-06-01	29.7
2026-07-01	32.2
2026-08-01	29.0
2026-09-01	28.1
2026-10-01	27.3

Months with fewer than 20 days of data are left out. Latest complete month in this chart: 2026-10-31.

Disruption calendar

Months in which the archive records a disruption at Panama Canal. The number is the highest severity recorded that month, from 1 minor to 5 critical. Months after 2026-11 are blank because they have not happened.

Recorded disruptions at Panama Canal by month, with the highest severity in each month
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023			4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
2024	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
2025
2026							3	3	3	3	3

Transits, all vessel types

Panama Canal, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 22 transits per day on 2026-11-08 to 83 transits per day on 2026-07-13, with a mean of 28.8 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 22 transits per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-11-10 (10 November 2026).

Panama Canal, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	34
2026-07-13	83
2026-07-14	29
2026-07-15	28
2026-07-16	29
2026-07-17	32
2026-07-18	31
2026-07-19	34
2026-07-20	28
2026-07-21	30
2026-07-22	23
2026-07-23	30
2026-07-24	31
2026-07-25	30
2026-07-26	24
2026-07-27	31
2026-07-28	31
2026-07-29	30
2026-07-30	33
2026-07-31	29
2026-08-01	33
2026-08-02	27
2026-08-03	29
2026-08-04	31
2026-08-05	31
2026-08-06	29
2026-08-07	33
2026-08-08	28
2026-08-09	29
2026-08-10	26
2026-08-11	30
2026-08-12	29
2026-08-13	28
2026-08-14	31
2026-08-15	31
2026-08-16	33
2026-08-17	23
2026-08-18	27
2026-08-19	31
2026-08-20	27
2026-08-21	26
2026-08-22	25
2026-08-23	28
2026-08-24	30
2026-08-25	25
2026-08-26	28
2026-08-27	31
2026-08-28	29
2026-08-29	30
2026-08-30	31
2026-08-31	29
2026-09-01	31
2026-09-02	30
2026-09-03	30
2026-09-04	30
2026-09-05	34
2026-09-06	26
2026-09-07	27
2026-09-08	30
2026-09-09	31
2026-09-10	34
2026-09-11	28
2026-09-12	29
2026-09-13	29
2026-09-14	23
2026-09-15	25
2026-09-16	25
2026-09-17	28
2026-09-18	27
2026-09-19	28
2026-09-20	27
2026-09-21	25
2026-09-22	32
2026-09-23	27
2026-09-24	26
2026-09-25	24
2026-09-26	25
2026-09-27	30
2026-09-28	30
2026-09-29	28
2026-09-30	25
2026-10-01	24
2026-10-02	28
2026-10-03	26
2026-10-04	29
2026-10-05	27
2026-10-06	26
2026-10-07	24
2026-10-08	25
2026-10-09	23
2026-10-10	24
2026-10-11	32
2026-10-12	23
2026-10-13	25
2026-10-14	31
2026-10-15	26
2026-10-16	30
2026-10-17	30
2026-10-18	29
2026-10-19	28
2026-10-20	29
2026-10-21	27
2026-10-22	28
2026-10-23	28
2026-10-24	33
2026-10-25	28
2026-10-26	28
2026-10-27	27
2026-10-28	32
2026-10-29	23
2026-10-30	27
2026-10-31	27
2026-11-01	27
2026-11-02	30
2026-11-03	24
2026-11-04	32
2026-11-05	27
2026-11-06	25
2026-11-07	31
2026-11-08	22

Transits, container ships

Panama Canal, transits, container ships, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 4 transits per day on 2026-09-07 to 20 transits per day on 2026-07-13, with a mean of 7.9 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 8 transits per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-11-10 (10 November 2026).

Panama Canal, transits, container ships, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	6
2026-07-13	20
2026-07-14	8
2026-07-15	6
2026-07-16	9
2026-07-17	5
2026-07-18	11
2026-07-19	5
2026-07-20	6
2026-07-21	10
2026-07-22	8
2026-07-23	9
2026-07-24	8
2026-07-25	8
2026-07-26	9
2026-07-27	9
2026-07-28	11
2026-07-29	7
2026-07-30	9
2026-07-31	7
2026-08-01	9
2026-08-02	8
2026-08-03	5
2026-08-04	7
2026-08-05	5
2026-08-06	9
2026-08-07	10
2026-08-08	7
2026-08-09	11
2026-08-10	7
2026-08-11	8
2026-08-12	6
2026-08-13	8
2026-08-14	7
2026-08-15	7
2026-08-16	12
2026-08-17	5
2026-08-18	8
2026-08-19	7
2026-08-20	8
2026-08-21	8
2026-08-22	10
2026-08-23	9
2026-08-24	8
2026-08-25	9
2026-08-26	8
2026-08-27	9
2026-08-28	5
2026-08-29	8
2026-08-30	9
2026-08-31	9
2026-09-01	9
2026-09-02	7
2026-09-03	10
2026-09-04	5
2026-09-05	6
2026-09-06	10
2026-09-07	4
2026-09-08	7
2026-09-09	6
2026-09-10	9
2026-09-11	8
2026-09-12	8
2026-09-13	8
2026-09-14	4
2026-09-15	6
2026-09-16	5
2026-09-17	8
2026-09-18	7
2026-09-19	6
2026-09-20	8
2026-09-21	7
2026-09-22	8
2026-09-23	9
2026-09-24	7
2026-09-25	8
2026-09-26	11
2026-09-27	7
2026-09-28	7
2026-09-29	10
2026-09-30	9
2026-10-01	9
2026-10-02	9
2026-10-03	7
2026-10-04	7
2026-10-05	10
2026-10-06	7
2026-10-07	7
2026-10-08	6
2026-10-09	6
2026-10-10	8
2026-10-11	10
2026-10-12	8
2026-10-13	7
2026-10-14	8
2026-10-15	7
2026-10-16	4
2026-10-17	6
2026-10-18	9
2026-10-19	9
2026-10-20	10
2026-10-21	6
2026-10-22	9
2026-10-23	8
2026-10-24	8
2026-10-25	9
2026-10-26	9
2026-10-27	6
2026-10-28	9
2026-10-29	7
2026-10-30	6
2026-10-31	11
2026-11-01	9
2026-11-02	5
2026-11-03	10
2026-11-04	7
2026-11-05	9
2026-11-06	7
2026-11-07	11
2026-11-08	8

Transits, tankers

Panama Canal, transits, tankers, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 4 transits per day on 2026-07-22 to 35 transits per day on 2026-07-13, with a mean of 12.7 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 11 transits per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-11-10 (10 November 2026).

Panama Canal, transits, tankers, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	20
2026-07-13	35
2026-07-14	12
2026-07-15	11
2026-07-16	12
2026-07-17	17
2026-07-18	11
2026-07-19	18
2026-07-20	13
2026-07-21	13
2026-07-22	4
2026-07-23	11
2026-07-24	14
2026-07-25	15
2026-07-26	9
2026-07-27	14
2026-07-28	13
2026-07-29	13
2026-07-30	14
2026-07-31	13
2026-08-01	15
2026-08-02	14
2026-08-03	18
2026-08-04	16
2026-08-05	17
2026-08-06	10
2026-08-07	14
2026-08-08	14
2026-08-09	10
2026-08-10	10
2026-08-11	12
2026-08-12	13
2026-08-13	11
2026-08-14	15
2026-08-15	14
2026-08-16	12
2026-08-17	9
2026-08-18	15
2026-08-19	15
2026-08-20	15
2026-08-21	13
2026-08-22	7
2026-08-23	13
2026-08-24	12
2026-08-25	12
2026-08-26	10
2026-08-27	18
2026-08-28	15
2026-08-29	11
2026-08-30	14
2026-08-31	13
2026-09-01	11
2026-09-02	16
2026-09-03	10
2026-09-04	19
2026-09-05	18
2026-09-06	11
2026-09-07	12
2026-09-08	15
2026-09-09	14
2026-09-10	18
2026-09-11	12
2026-09-12	9
2026-09-13	12
2026-09-14	11
2026-09-15	11
2026-09-16	12
2026-09-17	7
2026-09-18	12
2026-09-19	17
2026-09-20	10
2026-09-21	10
2026-09-22	14
2026-09-23	12
2026-09-24	10
2026-09-25	10
2026-09-26	10
2026-09-27	16
2026-09-28	16
2026-09-29	11
2026-09-30	8
2026-10-01	9
2026-10-02	13
2026-10-03	13
2026-10-04	17
2026-10-05	6
2026-10-06	10
2026-10-07	10
2026-10-08	8
2026-10-09	8
2026-10-10	9
2026-10-11	15
2026-10-12	7
2026-10-13	13
2026-10-14	13
2026-10-15	10
2026-10-16	20
2026-10-17	15
2026-10-18	13
2026-10-19	11
2026-10-20	9
2026-10-21	14
2026-10-22	12
2026-10-23	10
2026-10-24	19
2026-10-25	11
2026-10-26	13
2026-10-27	14
2026-10-28	11
2026-10-29	12
2026-10-30	11
2026-10-31	9
2026-11-01	9
2026-11-02	16
2026-11-03	10
2026-11-04	16
2026-11-05	11
2026-11-06	8
2026-11-07	13
2026-11-08	11

Transits, dry bulk carriers

Panama Canal, transits, dry bulk carriers, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 0 transits per day on 2026-10-29 to 17 transits per day on 2026-07-13, with a mean of 4.0 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 2 transits per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-11-10 (10 November 2026).

Panama Canal, transits, dry bulk carriers, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	4
2026-07-13	17
2026-07-14	5
2026-07-15	7
2026-07-16	4
2026-07-17	6
2026-07-18	5
2026-07-19	4
2026-07-20	2
2026-07-21	5
2026-07-22	4
2026-07-23	4
2026-07-24	2
2026-07-25	3
2026-07-26	4
2026-07-27	4
2026-07-28	4
2026-07-29	3
2026-07-30	7
2026-07-31	5
2026-08-01	3
2026-08-02	3
2026-08-03	3
2026-08-04	3
2026-08-05	5
2026-08-06	3
2026-08-07	7
2026-08-08	2
2026-08-09	4
2026-08-10	5
2026-08-11	5
2026-08-12	6
2026-08-13	5
2026-08-14	5
2026-08-15	3
2026-08-16	1
2026-08-17	3
2026-08-18	1
2026-08-19	4
2026-08-20	1
2026-08-21	1
2026-08-22	5
2026-08-23	2
2026-08-24	2
2026-08-25	1
2026-08-26	7
2026-08-27	1
2026-08-28	4
2026-08-29	7
2026-08-30	4
2026-08-31	5
2026-09-01	8
2026-09-02	4
2026-09-03	6
2026-09-04	5
2026-09-05	7
2026-09-06	2
2026-09-07	9
2026-09-08	5
2026-09-09	4
2026-09-10	6
2026-09-11	6
2026-09-12	7
2026-09-13	5
2026-09-14	5
2026-09-15	3
2026-09-16	3
2026-09-17	6
2026-09-18	7
2026-09-19	2
2026-09-20	5
2026-09-21	3
2026-09-22	4
2026-09-23	2
2026-09-24	4
2026-09-25	5
2026-09-26	1
2026-09-27	3
2026-09-28	3
2026-09-29	2
2026-09-30	3
2026-10-01	5
2026-10-02	5
2026-10-03	4
2026-10-04	4
2026-10-05	6
2026-10-06	4
2026-10-07	4
2026-10-08	3
2026-10-09	4
2026-10-10	2
2026-10-11	4
2026-10-12	1
2026-10-13	4
2026-10-14	4
2026-10-15	4
2026-10-16	2
2026-10-17	4
2026-10-18	5
2026-10-19	4
2026-10-20	2
2026-10-21	2
2026-10-22	3
2026-10-23	5
2026-10-24	2
2026-10-25	2
2026-10-26	3
2026-10-27	1
2026-10-28	10
2026-10-29	0
2026-10-30	7
2026-10-31	3
2026-11-01	3
2026-11-02	3
2026-11-03	2
2026-11-04	1
2026-11-05	3
2026-11-06	7
2026-11-07	4
2026-11-08	2

Transit trade volume

Panama Canal, transit trade volume, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 456,561 metric tons per day on 2026-10-08 to 2,550,501 metric tons per day on 2026-07-13, with a mean of 832,149.6 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 682,991 metric tons per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-11-10 (10 November 2026).

Panama Canal, transit trade volume, last 120 days (metric tons per day).
Date	metric tons per day
2026-07-12	845,047
2026-07-13	2,550,501
2026-07-14	885,574
2026-07-15	1,044,397
2026-07-16	873,801
2026-07-17	795,772
2026-07-18	1,000,585
2026-07-19	873,923
2026-07-20	685,245
2026-07-21	823,468
2026-07-22	784,912
2026-07-23	996,207
2026-07-24	700,084
2026-07-25	982,194
2026-07-26	634,479
2026-07-27	1,011,951
2026-07-28	976,971
2026-07-29	756,071
2026-07-30	1,047,303
2026-07-31	853,452
2026-08-01	799,627
2026-08-02	681,656
2026-08-03	811,664
2026-08-04	921,146
2026-08-05	845,817
2026-08-06	672,865
2026-08-07	1,038,892
2026-08-08	900,350
2026-08-09	791,356
2026-08-10	869,113
2026-08-11	754,240
2026-08-12	769,452
2026-08-13	869,398
2026-08-14	748,406
2026-08-15	684,121
2026-08-16	930,755
2026-08-17	648,974
2026-08-18	665,640
2026-08-19	699,007
2026-08-20	626,581
2026-08-21	715,077
2026-08-22	761,078
2026-08-23	846,263
2026-08-24	724,117
2026-08-25	860,280
2026-08-26	691,728
2026-08-27	984,129
2026-08-28	812,164
2026-08-29	991,321
2026-08-30	941,494
2026-08-31	1,097,911
2026-09-01	882,605
2026-09-02	886,835
2026-09-03	856,083
2026-09-04	838,908
2026-09-05	956,252
2026-09-06	790,176
2026-09-07	833,617
2026-09-08	821,974
2026-09-09	856,156
2026-09-10	1,037,807
2026-09-11	793,126
2026-09-12	948,117
2026-09-13	799,316
2026-09-14	730,784
2026-09-15	820,101
2026-09-16	688,387
2026-09-17	830,021
2026-09-18	814,157
2026-09-19	802,093
2026-09-20	865,617
2026-09-21	698,161
2026-09-22	857,102
2026-09-23	819,277
2026-09-24	788,866
2026-09-25	701,174
2026-09-26	760,052
2026-09-27	886,807
2026-09-28	813,464
2026-09-29	634,519
2026-09-30	637,718
2026-10-01	753,953
2026-10-02	883,046
2026-10-03	848,901
2026-10-04	1,016,896
2026-10-05	936,702
2026-10-06	637,183
2026-10-07	659,061
2026-10-08	456,561
2026-10-09	690,245
2026-10-10	719,779
2026-10-11	892,610
2026-10-12	617,392
2026-10-13	756,616
2026-10-14	867,736
2026-10-15	771,818
2026-10-16	877,188
2026-10-17	848,388
2026-10-18	887,764
2026-10-19	856,823
2026-10-20	950,376
2026-10-21	632,744
2026-10-22	685,170
2026-10-23	1,049,172
2026-10-24	778,129
2026-10-25	876,390
2026-10-26	864,131
2026-10-27	565,844
2026-10-28	1,047,665
2026-10-29	597,689
2026-10-30	828,649
2026-10-31	795,290
2026-11-01	726,456
2026-11-02	928,462
2026-11-03	865,782
2026-11-04	700,861
2026-11-05	842,003
2026-11-06	873,832
2026-11-07	861,817
2026-11-08	682,991

Oil and gas carried

Crude oil and petroleum liquids through Panama Canal, million barrels per day, and its share of world maritime oil trade
Period	Million barrels a day	Share of world maritime oil trade
2020	1.7	2%
2021	1.8	2%
2022	2.2	3%
2023	2.2	3%
2024	2.0	3%
1H25	2.3	3%

Panama Canal figures are by fiscal year, 1 October to 30 September.

Source: US Energy Information Administration, World Oil Transit Chokepoints, last updated 3 March 2026. Terms.

Shares are computed by World Freight Monitor as each flow divided by EIA's world maritime oil trade for the same period. All chokepoints compared.

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Panama Canal: transits and disruption history

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Disruption history

History since 2019

Disruption calendar

Transits, all vessel types

Transits, container ships

Transits, tankers

Transits, dry bulk carriers

Transit trade volume

Oil and gas carried

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