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China COSCO Shipping has won the draw for the first transit through the Expanded Panama Canal during the waterway's inauguration on Sunday, June 26. The shipping line's container vessel ''Andronikos'' will be making the inaugural transit. The vessel, which has a maximum capacity of 9,400 TEUs, is 8.25 meters in beam and 299.98 meters in length.
In addition, more than 100 Neo-Panamax ships have already made reservations for commercial transit through the new locks, which will begin on June 27, 2016, following the historic inauguration.
The draw took place this morning at the Panama Canal Administration Building, in which a Notary Public served as witness, among invited attendees. Wallenius Wilhemsen Lines (WWL) and the Chinese shipping line China COSCO Shipping participated in the draw. WWL participated with the car carrier ''Thalatta.'' The car carrier, which has a maximum capacity of 8,000 CEUs (car equivalent units), is 36.5 meters in beam and 199.97 meters in length.
