# CRISIS? WHAT CRISIS? | Port Strategy

> Container terminals in Panama posted strong throughput growth despite the COVID-19 pandemic, driven largely by Asia to US East Coast trade. Record trans-Pacific freight rates and shipping space shortages have affected the terminals.

- Date: 2021-01-18 · published 2021-01-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Panama · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49023-crisis-what-crisis-port-strategy
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Congestion and high container freight costs in Panama have limited grain and feed shipping capacity, though the article focuses on container trades rather than bulk grain.

## Sources

- portstrategy.com: https://www.portstrategy.com/news/south-america/crisis-what-crisis/

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