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  "id": 3913227,
  "title": "LPG tanker pays record $5.3 million for Panama Canal passage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/lpg-tanker-pays-record-5-3-million-for-panama-canal-passage",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-28T06:52:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1544629/lpg-tanker-pays-record-5-3-million-for-panama-canal-passage/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker has paid a record $5.3 million for priority passage through the Panama Canal. Panama Canal Deputy Administrator Ilya Espino de Marotta confirmed the payment to AFP. South Korean company SK Gas made the payment for its vessel G. Spirit. The tanker is scheduled to cross the canal on September […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Tanker pays record US$5.3mil to transit Panama Canal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/tanker-pays-record-us-5-3mil-to-transit-panama-canal",
        "published": "2026-08-28T05:50:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Tanker pays record R85 million to transit Panama Canal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/tanker-pays-record-r85-million-to-transit-panama-canal",
        "published": "2026-08-28T05:56:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Tanker pays record $5.3m to transit Panama Canal amid El Niño drought",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/tanker-pays-record-5-3m-to-transit-panama-canal-amid-el-nino-drought",
        "published": "2026-08-28T06:19:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Tanker pays record US$5.3 million to transit Panama Canal: Administrator",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/tanker-pays-record-us-5-3-million-to-transit-panama-canal",
        "published": "2026-08-28T06:59:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}