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Atlantic end of Panama Canal closed briefly Tuesday on high winds
Platts
PANAMA CITY
Petroleumworld.com 11 23 06
Strong winds in Panama halted vessel traffic on the Atlantic side of the
Panama Canal for four hours Tuesday night, a Panama Canal Authority
spokeswoman said Wednesday.
"We still have winds today, but they have calmed down," she told Platts.
The temporary shipping halt forced seven vessels entering the canal from the Atlantic to reschedule their transits for Wednesday, the spokeswoman said. She also confirmed that three barges -- the Perseus 5, Liberty and Princess Aviv -- had run aground near the port of Cristobal and the Manzanillo International Terminal due to the winds.
The authority had no information about any possible injuries to crew members or
damage to the barges. It was also unclear if the barges were carrying cargoes.
The heavy winds and rains have disrupted marine bunkering at Cristobal, a
spokesman for Chevron's Fuel and Marine Marketing bunkering operation said
earlier Wednesday--Xavier A. Cronin, xavier_cronin@platts.com
Platts 22 11 06
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