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Panama Canal charges ships record $1m to cross with Hormuz closed

About 40pc of US trade goes through the Panama Canal – Danny Lehman/Getty Vessels must pay record shipping fees of more than $1m (£740,000) to cross the Panama Canal as the Iran war chokes off the …

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