{
  "id": 617991,
  "title": "Ship pays near-record US$4 million to skip Panama Canal queue as Hormuz blockage fuels congestion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ship-pays-near-record-us-4-million-to-skip-panama-canal-queue-as",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T00:19:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
    "slug": "the-business-times-companies-markets",
    "url": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/global/ship-pays-near-record-us4-million-skip-panama-canal-queue-hormuz-blockage-fuels-congestion"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Vessel owners are auctioning for passage via the waterway, with traffic curtailed in the Persian Gulf",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}