Panama Canal’s overall transit trends are down by 42% year-on-year in December, but container shipping is seeing a rise in transits as other vessel types divert from the waterway.
In its latest report on the Panama Canal this week, Drewry Shipping Consultants reports that December 2023 transits fell by 25% to 746 transits compared to October, and that was a year-on-year decline of 42%, from 1,281 vessels in December 2022.
However, a closer look at the figures reveals that container vessels have...
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