In the first three months of this year, the Panama Canal 3,731 ships transited, with an increase of +4.8% on the same period, of which 3,178 vessels of high draught (+4.8%) including 875 neoPanamax ships (+10.6%). Total the number of ships transited transported 71.9 million tonnes of goods (+20.0%) and transit fees paid by ships in the first quarter of 2026 amounted to $1.07 billion (+5.4%).

In the first three months of this year, Panamanian ports handled 28.7 million tons of cargo (-0.3%), including 15.4 million tonnes of containerised goods (+0.1%) total with a handling of containers equal to 2,351,743 TEU (-0.7%), 13.0 million tons of bulk (-1.2%) and 253 thousand tons of conventional goods (+39.4%).