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More than 50 ships queued to cross the Panama Canal on a recent day, with a prolonged drought cutting crossings and lengthening waits. Shipping tolls have risen as a result.
Longer queues and higher tolls raise the delivered cost of US and South American grain cargoes bound for Asia, supporting ocean freight rates.
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