FreightWaves
August 29, 2023
Lori Ann LaRocco
Paul Brashier, vice president of ITS Logistics, tells American Shipper, “Right now, we are shifting resources to create contingency plans for trans-Pacific freight that is planning to be routed to the U.S. West Coast as opposed to U.S. Gulf and East Coast to avoid current weeks-long delays at the Panama Canal.”
This weather event will have a long-term impact on the canal, in which less revenue will be collected. Revenues, of course, are used in maintenance, repair and construction of the canal.
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