00:00The Panama Canal Authority reported a 3.7% increase in traffic in the area,
00:05compared with the same period last year.
00:08A total of 6,288 vessels had passed through the canal in the first half of the fiscal year.
00:19Officials also confirmed the 102 vessels had secured transit slots in advance.
00:24Meanwhile, 25 vessels were waiting to pass through the canal without prior bookings.
00:30Canal Administrator Ricardo Vazquez had warned that the ongoing conflict in Iran
00:35could further influence traffic patterns.
00:38He noted that Asian energy buyers might begin seeking alternative sources of liquefied natural gas.
00:44He added that if tensions in the Middle East continued,
00:47countries across Asia could shift away from Qatar and turn to suppliers in the US.
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