# Trans-Pacific spot rates slip despite capacity concerns | Journal of Commerce

> Regulators are tightening electronic logging device oversight, squeezing US truck capacity. The Panama Canal will limit transits amid El Niño-driven drought, and Typhoon Dolphin removed nearly half a million TEUs of capacity at major Chinese ports.

- Date: 2017-09-01 · published 2017-09-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68844-trans-pacific-spot-rates-slip-despite-capacity-concerns-journal-of-commerce
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced truck and container capacity plus Panama Canal restrictions raise freight costs for feed and grain exports, supporting ocean and logistics rates.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- joc.com: https://www.joc.com/article/trans-pacific-spot-rates-slip-despite-capacity-concerns-5231294

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