News / Panama Canal crossings resume, but some time before full normalisation

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All of the liner services that were affected by the limits on Panama Canal transits have returned to their regular operation, as of this month.

The affected services include THE Alliance’s Asia-US East Coast services, MSC’s Santana service and the Asia-US East Coast service run by Hapag-Lloyd and Wan Hai Lines.

These services were compelled to reroute, first through the Suez Canal and then to the Cape of Good Hope after the Red Sea crisis intensified at the end of 2023.

With the ...