# Top Five Panamax Bulker Trade Routes | World Maritime News

> VesselsValue ranked the top five Panamax bulker trade routes by ton miles, noting that the Brazil-to-China soybean route has declined since a late-2015 peak. Increases were seen on Australia-to-China and US-to-China routes in the fourth quarter of 2016.

- Date: 2017-02-07 · published 2017-02-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72703-top-five-panamax-bulker-trade-routes-world-maritime-news
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Shifts in soybean shipping routes reflect changing export competition between Brazil and the US, which can affect soybean and meal flows to China. The report is a freight analysis with limited immediate price impact.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- OCEANFRT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2018-10-02 | [Panama weighs cargo options as US-China trade dries up \| Freight News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62428-panama-weighs-cargo-options-as-us-china-trade-dries-up-freight-news.md) | +1.4% | -2.2% |
| SOY | 2018-12-04 | [Trade, weather top of mind for 2019 acres - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61637-trade-weather-top-of-mind-for-2019-acres-grainews.md) | +1.0% | -0.6% |
| SOY | 2022-02-25 | [What comes next for ag trade, markets after a record year? - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14957-what-comes-next-for-ag-trade-markets-after-a-record-year-high-plains-journal.md) | +1.1% | +2.4% |
| SOY | 2024-03-25 | [Trump victory ushers in ag trade uncertainty \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14769-trump-victory-ushers-in-ag-trade-uncertainty-latest-market-news.md) | -0.6% | -2.6% |
| SOY | 2025-08-26 | [China's top trade negotiator to head to US for talks: Reports - The Economic Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14644-china-s-top-trade-negotiator-to-head-to-us-for-talks-reports-the-economic-times.md) | +0.0% | -1.3% |

## Sources

- worldmaritimenews.com: https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/212097/top-five-panamax-bulker-trade-routes/

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