Inside Costa Rica » El Niño–Southern Oscillation https://insidecostarica.com Costa Rica's Leading English Language News Source Fri, 28 Sep 2018 21:35:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2 Worst drought in more than a century forces Panama Canal to reduce cargo limitshttps://insidecostarica.com/2015/08/10/worst-drought-century-forces-panama-canal-reduce-cargo-limits/ https://insidecostarica.com/2015/08/10/worst-drought-century-forces-panama-canal-reduce-cargo-limits/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2015 10:00:35 +0000 Inside Costa Rica Staff http://insidecostarica.com/?p=18480 The Panama Canal said it will lower the maximum allowable draft of ships passing through the inter-oceanic waterway starting Sept. 8 due to an El Niño-triggered drought.

The measure will affect 18.5 percent of the ships that travel through the canal, according to the Panama Canal Authority, or ACP, which said it will not significantly affect "the efficiency and capacity" of the waterway's operations.

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