News / Panama Canal problems may prompt strategy re-think in shipper boardrooms

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25/08/2023

Persistent low water levels in the Panama Canal are raising questions for cargo owners on the strategic validity of a route that helped many circumnavigate congested US west coast ports.

Owing to a drought that has reduced water levels in the canal ...

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