# Planned Panama Canal maintenance to severely impact transit capacity: shipping agents

> Scheduled maintenance at the Panama Canal's Miraflores Locks from Aug. 29 to Sept. 10 is expected to cut canal capacity, with shipping agents warning of delays of up to 14 days for non-booked ships. Tanker owners were advised to book transits 25-30 days ahead. The canal authority will confirm the window about seven days before work begins.

- Date: 2021-08-20 · published 2021-08-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45456-planned-panama-canal-maintenance-to-severely-impact-transit-capacity-shipping
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced Panama transits lengthen voyages and raise freight costs for grain and feed shipments routed through the canal, tightening effective vessel supply and supporting freight rates.

## Read by commodity

- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- spglobal.com: https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/news-research/latest-news/shipping/081921-planned-two-week-panama-canal-maintenance-to-severely-impact-transit-capacity-acp

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