# What canal toll plan means to shipping, rail and trucking - FreightWaves

> Proposed Panama Canal toll changes would give container ships more incentive and raise prices for other vessel types, with a comment period through July 15 and a final decision afterward. Changes are proposed to take effect January 1, 2020.

- Date: 2019-06-17 · published 2019-06-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Panama · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58490-what-canal-toll-plan-means-to-shipping-rail-and-trucking-freightwaves
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Shifts in canal routing between US East and West Coast ports affect intermodal rail versus trucking demand and ocean freight costs for agricultural exports, with limited direct grain price impact.

## Read by commodity

- OCEANFRT: neutral

## Sources

- freightwaves.com: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-canal-toll-plan-means-to-shipping-rail-and-trucking

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