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Tighter Panama Canal transit restrictions from 1 November reduce average daily transits to about 31 vessels and cut weekly reservation slots. Drewry estimates freight rates rise 5-6% as soybean trade diverts from Panama to Suez, driven by El Niño drought.
Diverted southbound soybean shipments lift tonne-miles and freight costs, supporting dry bulk rates and raising landed costs for Asian buyers of US soy.
maritimes.grmaritimesNov 13, 2023Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 297 past bearish logistics events, Soybeans moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (54% higher; middle half -1.5% to +1.8%), and +0.7% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
