At the end of the fiscal year it is estimated that the number of trips in the 2017-2018 season amounted to 256, which exceeds the 250 vessels reported during 2016-2017.
According to sector authorities, the 256 passenger ships that traveled through the Canal in the 2017-2018 cycle transported at least 300 thousand people, and for the 2018-2019 season which is about to begin, more than 230 cruise ships are expected to make trips.
The ship Celebrity Millennium will kick off the 2013-14 cruise season through the Panama Canal.
A press release from Panama Canal Authority (ACP) reads:
The new season of cruises on the Panama Canal began on Wednesday (yesterday), officially, with the transit of the Celebrity Millennium, the first of more than 200 vessels of this type which will cross the waterway, providing the attraction for tourists of navigate the Canal during its centennial year.