01AUG2018 - NEWS - LNG tanker vessel carrying gas exported from US becomes 4000th Neopanamax vessel to transit through Panama Canal

An LNG tanker carrying gas exported from the United States became the 4,000th Neopanamax vessel to transit through the Expanded Canal. The transit of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker Maria Energy took place on Sunday. The Maria Energy was followed by another LNG tanker, the Maran Gas Alexandria, which also transited the Neopanamax Locks in the southbound direction on Sunday.