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  "id": 3914923,
  "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",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-28T06:59:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
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    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/panama-canal-tanker-pay-record-transit-sk-gas-g-spirit-6347256"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "South Korean company SK Gas paid the record sum for the G Spirit to transit the shipping lane on Sep 1, two days before canal authorities reduce the number of transits due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, Bloomberg reported.",
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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"
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      {
        "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"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-28T06:52:16.000Z"
      }
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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."
}