A total of 200 cruise ships with more than 220,000 passengers crossed the Panama Canal in the recently concluded 2011-2012 season.

The season ended May 17 with the transit of Celebrity Millenium, a ship of Celebrity Cruises, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, said the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) on May 1. The Celebrity Millennium, which went through the interoceanic waterway from Miami made ??a 15-day journey to San Diego,California.

Jaime Castillo, of the Canal Research and Market Analysis, between October 1, 2011, when the season started, until 17 May, there were 200 cruise transits with a total of 222, 203 passengers. The routes of thevessels are usually of short duration, covering the islands of the Caribbean and the east and west coasts of Central America.

This season saw on May 5, the first transit of the Norwegian Jewel operated by Norwegian Cruise Line. The ship, with a capacity for 2,376 sailed from New York in late April bound for Los Angeles.