Increased transit volumes at the Panama Canal pushed wait times higher for clean petroleum product and unreserved LNG tankers during the week ended Jan. 28, as more cargoes headed to the Far East to serve a rise in demand. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Waiting times for Super class tankers, including Medium Range product tankers, extended to 10 days for southbound voyages. In normal conditions, expected waiting days are usually two to three days, owners said. The maximum wait for unreserved LNG tankers transiting the passageway stood at 11 days northbound and seven days southbound on Jan. 28, according to the Panama Canal Authority. That was up from almost no wait time a few weeks earlier. Demand, strengthening interbasin spreads and other market factors, including the approaching Chinese Lunar New Year, have contributed to the shift in trade flows, which have in […]