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The Panama Canal reduced daily Neopanamax and Panamax lock slots from September 2026 because of below-expected rainfall in the watershed. It also reorganized slot auctions into cargo-based groups.
The measures come despite the start of the rainy season and earlier El Niño water-saving steps.
Fewer lock slots force longer Cape of Good Hope routings or queues, raising freight costs and delaying US Gulf and Pacific grain and meal shipments to Asia. Higher transit costs can widen export basis spreads.
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