
Market participants report waits of six to eight days northbound and four to six days southbound at the Panama Canal for LNG tankers without reservations. Utilization at US liquefaction terminals hit a record 9.645 Bcf/d, and the JKM benchmark has risen nearly fourfold since April.
Record US LNG output and strong Asian gas prices underpin demand for US gas exports, while canal delays add cost to the route, with little direct effect on feed grain flows.
After 54 past bullish logistics events, Natural Gas moved a median -1.8% over 5 sessions (43% higher; middle half -5.7% to +6.2%), and +5.1% 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.