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A comment on Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land bridge for Oceania cargo. Parent comment

Re:Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land br... by zeristor on Sunday January 14, 2024 @05:35AM (#38989226)
300k TEU a DAY would sound about right.
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Re:Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land br... by schiffern on Sunday January 14, 2024 @03:49PM (#38994314)
That's roughly 10x the traffic through the canal.[0]

The project goal of 1.4 million containers is 16% as much traffic as the canal. For comparison the existing Panama Canal railway has a capacity of 2 million TEU/year.

[0] (yes these are annual not monthly) https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/panama/container-port-...

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