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Businesses dole out up to $4 million to cross Panama Canal during Strait of Hormuz chokehold

Auction bids for last-minute canal slots have reached $4 million as rerouted ships seek safer paths around the Strait of Hormuz.

  • Shipping companies are paying up to $4 million to move vessels through the Panama Canal as global trade routes shift.
  • Demand for canal access has surged due to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, leading to competitive auctions for transit slots.
  • Ongoing tensions involving Iran and the United States are rerouting global shipping and altering trade flows.
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By Elizabeth González, CNN in Spanish Companies without reservation to pass through the Panama Canal have paid up to US$ 4 million to obtain one of the shifts that are auctioned daily and to be able to cross the interoceanic route, in the midst of the war between the United States and Iran that began almost two months ago and the closure of the Strait of Ormuz resulting from this conflict in the Middle East. The administrator of the Panama Canal…

·Idaho Falls, United States
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Some companies have disbursed up to $4 million for last-minute plans for their ships to cross the Panama Canal in recent weeks, according to the Panama Canal Authority, while the closure of the Strait of Ormuz by the U.S. war in Iran generates a radical change in global trade flows.Although passage through the waterway usually has a fixed fee prior to reservation, companies that do not have one can cross paying an additional charge at a quota au…

·Mexico
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Some companies have disbursed up to $4 million for last-minute plans for their ships to cross the Panama Canal in recent weeks, according to the Panama Canal Authority, while the closure of the Strait of Ormuz by the Iran War generates a radical change in global trade flows.

·Los Angeles, United States
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