The Panama Canal Authority has further reduced ship transits because of drought blamed on the “El Niño” weather effects to 24 vessels in November and booking slots will be cut to 22 ships in December, hitting LNG, oil and containership traffic on the Atlantic-Pacific Basin crossings and sending bidding for slots up to $2 million or more as waiting times grow to more than a week.
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