# Drewry Report: Shipping Alliances Prefer Panama Canal Over Suez Canal | Food Logistics

> Drewry reports that carriers in the proposed Ocean and THE Alliances plan 12 weekly Asia-East Coast North America services via the expanded Panama Canal for April 2017, versus four via Suez. Full port rotations and vessel deployments have not yet been announced.

- Date: 2016-11-23 · published 2016-11-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73779-drewry-report-shipping-alliances-prefer-panama-canal-over-suez-canal-food
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Routing shifts toward Panama change transit times and freight costs for grain and feed shipments from Asia's east coast trade lanes, with modest implications for ocean freight rates.

## Read by commodity

- OCEANFRT: neutral

## Sources

- foodlogistics.com: https://www.foodlogistics.com/transportation/news/12282081/drewry-drewry-report-shipping-alliances-prefer-panama-canal-over-suez-canal

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