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Expanded Panama Canal operational by early July

Posted on March 23, 2016 by | Leave a comment

ACP, the Panama Canal Authority, says the expansion will be operational by early July.  I have not heard rates yet.  The article gives explicit sizes for vessels that can transit the new digs.

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Source: Expanded Panama Canal to operational by early July: ACP official – Shipping | Platts News Article & Story

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The Panama Canal Expansion: Is it Time Versus Cost?

Posted on February 26, 2016 by | Leave a comment

Many continue to see an advantage for East coast ports due to the impending opening of the Panama Canal.  Regardless, the west coast ports need to continue their relentless drive for productivity and service to the end customer.  To know if they will succeed, see what measures they do take, and especially which ones actually improve service for the end customer, not just for ocean carriers and transport operators.

The Panama Canal expands in 2016, allowing for more and larger (post-Panamax) ships to make the passage from East Asia to the United States.

Source: The Panama Canal Expansion: Time Versus Cost Trade-Off – Supply Chain 24/7

Here’s the report:

CHRobinson_BCG_Panama_Canal

 

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Propane Games

Posted on March 31, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Does Panama really import 3.46 barrels of LPG per person annually from the US?  Sounds like nonsense, according to this blog.

Propane Games: Does Panama really import 3.46 barrels of LPG per person annually from the US? « The Barrel Blog.

Seems as though the propane is actually sitting on ships transiting the canal or being used as storage temporarily, and some of the cargo is being traded while it sits there. Most of it is probably going to Asia.

So we see an error introduced by a quirk in the big data being used to report.

however, it seems like any scrutiny of the data, such as regressing consumption on population, would have produced an outlier in Panama, and we would of necessity have to study the specifics of that data [point to include it or decipher what’s going on.

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