Panama Canal may cut ship traffic further as El Niño strengthens
- Canal authorities may further reduce ship traffic if a strengthening El Niño worsens the country’s drought.
- Panama could impose further cuts on the number of ships sailing through the Panama Canal, an official said, as a strengthening El Niño raises fears of water shortages at one of the world’s busiest maritime trade routes.
- The warning from the new administrator of the Panama Canal Authority, Ilya Espino de Marotta, on Monday came after the government declared a nationwide state of emergency over El Niño on August 26.
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- Canal authorities may further reduce ship traffic if a strengthening El Niño worsens the country’s drought.
- Panama could impose further cuts on the number of ships sailing through the Panama Canal, an official said, as a strengthening El Niño raises fears of water shortages at one of the world’s busiest maritime trade routes.
- The warning from the new administrator of the Panama Canal Authority, Ilya Espino de Marotta, on Monday came after the government declared a nationwide state of emergency over El Niño on August 26.
Sources: Al Jazeera