Hong Kong’s Fortune Plum has won the distinction of becoming ship transit number 1,000,000 through the Panama Canal.



The 57,000–dwt Cido Shipping bulker (built 2010) made its passage on 4 September with a cargo of steel.



The first ship to pass through the waterway was the SS Ancon, a steamer that helped bring in workers and supplies up to its opening in 1914.



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