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La Ñina boosts the Panama Canal; Houthi threat drives up shipping costs through the Suez
While La Ñina is helping ease the traffic knots at the Panama Canal, repeated attacks by Houthis — some fatal — have driven shippers to find alternatives to the Suez Canal, said Ryan Loy, extension economist for the University of Arkansas System Division …