Hellenic Shipping News: Hello, Shortcut: Expanded Panama Canal Spurs New LNG Trade Route

12 August 2016: “Sailing from Louisiana to Tokyo via Panama would be about 35 percent cheaper than through the Suez, says Jason Feer, head of business intelligence at Poten & Partners, a ship broker in Houston. “It certainly gives U.S. LNG producers options,” he says. “It is a significant percentage of the reason that Asian buyers have been willing to sign contracts with U.S. producers.””