Panama Canal Traffic
Fiscal Years 2015 Trough 2017
Traffic Assessed on Displacement
TotalTraffic Traffic Assessed on Net Tonnage Tonnage Total Tonnage(5)
Fiscal Number of Long Tons of Number of PC/UMS Net Number of Displacement Reconstructed
Transits Cargo Transits (1) Transits
Year Tolls (millions) Tonnage Tonnage PC/UMS
OCEANGOING COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC
2015 12,383 $1,992 229,144,372 12,330 340,016,232 53 332,229 340,202,257
2016 11,684 $1,931 204,704,287 11,573 329,444,918 111 842,817 329,916,843
2017 11,992 $2,236 241,007,328 11,886 402,770,135 106 887,382 403,267,019
OCEANGOING FREE TRAFFIC (2)
2015 3 - - - - 3 5,546 3,105
2016 4 - - 1 134 3 4,392 2,593
- - - -
2017 8 8 12,998 7,276
TOTAL OCEANGOING TRAFFIC(3)
2015 12,386 $1,992 229,144,372 12,330 340,016,232 56 337,775 340,205,362
2016 11,688 $1,931 204,704,287 11,574 329,445,052 114 847,209 329,919,436
2017 12,000 $2,236 241,007,328 11,886 402,770,135 114 900,380 403,274,295
SMALL COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC
2015 1,484 3 3,589 1,440 526,639 44 23,397 539,718
2016 1,418 2 2,012 1,401 506,071 17 6,632 509,777
2017 1,545 2 784 1,524 549,589 21 11,174 555,835
SMALL FREE TRAFFIC
2015 4 - - 1 583 3 2,620 2,048
2016 8 - - 1 583 7 6,288 4,099
- - - -
2017 3 3 1,165 1,165
TOTAL SMALL TRAFFIC (4)
2015 1,488 3 3,589 1,441 527,222 47 26,017 541,766
2016 1,426 2 2,012 1,402 506,654 24 12,920 513,876
2017 1,548 2 784 1,527 550,754 21 11,174 557,000
TOTAL PANAMA CANAL TRAFFIC
2015 13,874 $1,994 229,147,960 13,771 340,543,454 103 363,792 340,747,128
2016 13,114 $1,933 204,706,299 12,976 329,951,706 138 860,129 330,433,312
2017 13,548 $2,238 241,008,112 13,413 403,320,889 135 911,554 403,831,295
(1) The tonnage measurement system for Panama Canal tolls assessment, the Panama Canal Universal Measurement System (PC/UMS). This amount also includes the PC/UMS
tonnage for full containership and passenger vessels.
(2)
Free traffic include ships of the Colombian and Panamaniam Governments and ships transiting for repairs by the Panama Canal Authority.
(3) Oceangoing vessels are those paying tolls greater than the minimum tariffs implemented on June 1, 1998.
(4) Vessels paying tolls based on the minimum tariffs implemented on June 1, 1998.
(5) Total Panama Canal Tonnage comprised of PC/UMS tonnage plus displacement tonnage converted to PC/UMS
Statistics and Models Administration Unit (MEMM) TABLE NO. 1