Panama Canal Authority
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Ocean shipping
Commentary: Expansion of the Panama Canal benefits global trade
Ben Thrower recently visited the Panama Canal. He writes about the canal's expansion and what that means to global trade…
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Asia-Pacific
Panama Canal Authority suspends latest draft restrictions on ships
A suspension “until further notice” of the latest round of draft restrictions on ships using the Panama Canal was issued…
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Container
What canal toll plan means to shipping, rail and trucking
New incentives for container shipping could bring more boxes through the canal to the U.S. East Coast.
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Container
Port Report: Draft restrictions push Panama Spread to unseasonal high
A five-month drought in Panama has reduced freight carrying capacity of the country’s canal of ocean carriers by nearly one-fifth.…
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Maritime
The future of the Panama Canal: What’s next for grain and coal shipping
The final part of the FreightWaves series on the Panama Canal focuses on dry bulk transits. The two trends: US…
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Container
The future of the Panama Canal: What’s next for container shipping
In the second-part of its series on the Panama Canal, FreightWaves interviews a canal authority executive on trends for container-ship…
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Maritime
The future of the Panama Canal: What’s next for LNG, LPG and oil tankers
A top executive of the Panama Canal Authority outlines the prospects for LNG, LPG and crude/product tanker transits through the…
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Asia-Pacific
Port Report: Ocean shipping feels impact as climate change makes weather weirder
Lighter loads through Panama Canal and schedule reliability are two effects hitting ocean freight; ‘We should not underestimate weather.’
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