Panama Canal shipments increased 4% in September – this can be explained by fewer days of disruption and the year-on-year figure was down 4%. Increased use of Neopanamax vessels meant there was 64% utilization of their capacity, vs. 61% a month earlier and more slots are set to be added. In October traffic may be disrupted by Hurricane Matthew. The aim of moving more Asian cargoes to the east coast U.S. instead of west coast was only partly successful. Southeast port traffic on the lanes increased 6% on a year earlier, but overall traffic to the west coast increased 1.2% and to ...