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The Panama Canal increased its number of daily ship transits this Thursday, although the water deficit that led last year to restrict the number of crossings
Just 18 vessels a day will be allowed to pass through the waterway starting Feb. 1.
A severe drought is threatening shipping on the vital Panama Canal, which is responsible for moving 40% of the world's cargo ship traffic.
Approximately two-thirds of the canal's traffic is either destined for or departing from the United States.
The panama canal. >> yes, it's an experience. >> reporter: boris moreno, vice president of canal operations, says this series of locks and lakes as above sea level which is why it runs on fresh water, ocean water. and so you are reliant on rainfall. >> yes, but this year has been an unprecedented dry season. our lake levels are close to the minimum. >> repeporter: climatete changns making the t tropics h hotter ad dry spellsls longer anand more frequent. that is a a problem b because mg a single ship through the canals locks takes 55-125000000 gallons of water. the canal authority is trying to...