# Vessel Queue at Panama Canal Hits Three-Month High - OPIS, A Dow Jones Company

> The Panama Canal queue reached 121 vessels on Wednesday, the highest since April 22, with waiting times rising for Neopanamax and Panamax transits. The ACP has since resumed Panamax daily auctions and restored capacity to 36 vessels per day.

- Date: 2026-07-30 · published 2026-07-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Panama · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16781-vessel-queue-at-panama-canal-hits-three-month-high-opis-a-dow-jones-company
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Longer queues and higher transit delays raise ocean freight costs and lengthen delivery times for US Gulf grain exports to Asia, supporting freight-linked export spreads.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- opis.com: https://www.opis.com/resources/energy-market-news-from-opis/vessel-queue-at-panama-canal-hits-three-month-high/

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