# Panama Canal extends temporary relief measures for customers to end of 2020 | Air Freight News

> The Panama Canal extended its temporary relief measures, including suspended advance payments on transit reservation fees, through December 31, 2020, instead of the original September 1 end date. The canal said container traffic is recovering while transits climbed from 845 in June to 933 in July.

- Date: 2020-08-26 · published 2020-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51501-panama-canal-extends-temporary-relief-measures-for-customers-to-end-of-2020-air
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Extended customer relief supports steady container and bulk routing through the canal, which keeps ocean freight costs for US-Asia grain and feed flows from tightening further.

## Read by commodity

- OCEANFRT: neutral

## Sources

- airfreight.news: https://airfreight.news/articles/full/panama-canal-extends-temporary-relief-measures-for-customers-to-end-of-2020

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