Written by: Donald Hank
Just got back from a 5 hour visit to the Panama Canal visitors center at
the Miraflores locks. I went for the express purpose of checking out
the rumor that shipping had stopped worldwide.
On the way, I counted
12 ships in the bay waiting their turn to enter canal. When I got to
the vistors' center, 4 ships were lined up waiting at the entrance.
This is the Pacific side so most or all were from Asia. (The ones from the Atlantic side start arriving there at 3:30 but employees there tell me there is no slowdown on that side either).