# Panama Canal Restrictions Force Ocean Carriers to Reroute

> Ocean carriers are rerouting vessels to work around tighter Panama Canal draft limits and fewer transit slots. OOCL and CMA CGM have changed services, and Asian port congestion from typhoons is compounding delays. Container schedule reliability fell to 56.4% in July.

- Date: 2019-09-03 · published 2019-09-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56997-panama-canal-restrictions-force-ocean-carriers-to-reroute
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Routing changes and schedule slippage increase freight costs and pressure shipping capacity on trans-Pacific lanes. Some cargo is shifting to West Coast ports, which can affect regional grain freight spreads.

## Read by commodity

- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- wwd.com: https://wwd.com/sourcing-journal/logistics/panama-canal-ocean-carriers-reroute-asian-port-congestion-schedule-reliability-1239197354/

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