# VOLUMES, COSTS, ALTERNATIVES – GreenPort Congress

> Port Strategy compares the Suez and Panama canals, noting Panama's 2016 expansion let bigger ships transit and lifted trade capacity by nearly half, while Suez-served North America East Coast services fell nearly 40%. The piece is a structural analysis of container route shifts.

- Date: 2020-10-30 · published 2020-10-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50538-volumes-costs-alternatives-greenport-congress
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

The analysis concerns container shipping routing rather than bulk grain flows, so it has limited direct effect on feed commodity prices.

## Sources

- portstrategy.com: https://www.portstrategy.com/greenport-congress/news/container-cargo-handling/volumes-costs-alternatives/

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