Shipowners are paying up to $2m for the privilege of jumping lengthy queues at the Panama Canal.

This is according to BW LPG’s commercial executive vice president Niels Rigault, who told a conference call with analysts that demand for transit slots has “exploded”.

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The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) offers a limited number of reserved crossing times via auctions.