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Asia–US Container Rates Rise as Panama Canal Cuts September Transit Capacity

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Editorial Desk24 August 2026

Panama Canal new capacity cuts put US ports on notice

One of ocean shipping’s critical chokepoints just got a little tighter. The Panama Canal Authority in an advisory to shipping reduced daily vessel transits beginning in September and postponed previously announced draft increases for Neopanamax vessels. The measures reflect a deteriorating outlook linked to below-average rainfall and the prospect of a severe 2026–2027 El Niño weather event. The early warning indicates that the water supply in Lake Gatun supplying the canal’s lock system is again becoming a direct constraint on the reliability, cost and routing of cargo moving through U.S. East

Editorial Desk24 August 2026