In the third quarter of this year, maritime traffic in the Panama Canal was 3,213 ships, an increase of +7.0% on the corresponding period of 2024, of which 3,015 ships of high draught (+6.8%) including 909 Neopanamax vessels (+12.4%). The net PC/UMS tonnage of ships transited amounted to 125.5 million tons (+5.2%). The ships that have crossed the Central American Canal carried a total of 62.6 million tons, with a decrease of -0.4% on the third quarter last year. Transit fees paid by ships transited totaled $1.05 billion (+14.1%).

In the first nine months of 2025, the channel was crossed globally by 10,068 ships, with a growth of +19.1% over the same period last year, of which 8,982 ships of high draught (+21.3%) including 2,515 Neopanamax units (+18.6%). The goods on board the ships transited amounted to 183.2 million tons (+15.7%). Transit fees paid by the ships in the period January-September of this year stood at $3.06 billion (+26.0%).