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SSS-2026-0805-OCN
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OCN / OceanOCN / OCEAN FREIGHT
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BYLINE
Ellis Duarte
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470 WORDS · 2 MIN
Ocean Freight
Asia–USEC spot holds above $3,400 as Panama draft limits ease
Canal bookings for neopanamax slots are back to 32 a day, the first normal reading since March.
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NEWARK, N.J. — Asia–US East Coast spot rates held at $3,415 per forty-foot container this week while the West Coast lane fell 8.1%, helped by easing draft restrictions at the Panama Canal.
Neopanamax bookings are back to roughly 32 transits a day, the first normal reading since March. Draft relief is seasonal, and a dry October would reverse it.
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FILED BY
Ellis Duarte
REPORTER · OCN / TRK TOPICS · NEWARK
Covers detention and demurrage disputes and East Coast terminals.Ellis covers detention and demurrage disputes, East Coast terminals and the drayage markets around them.