The chokepoint at the Panama Canal could be approaching an end as weather forecasts indicate ample rain fall is heading for Panama, which if correct means many international shipping believe a return to normal crossing s possible in the near future.
The persistent 11 month drought, made all the more worse by the El Niño weather phenomenon, saw a huge swathe of the global merchant fleet decide to avoid the waterway over the long queues and high toll fees.
This was then compounded late last year when for the first time in shipping history, the Suez Canal became dangerous territory thanks to the Houthis from Yemen targeting merchant ships in and around the Red Sea in a campaign designed to bring pressure for a solution in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
Three weeks ago the ACP, managers of the Canal, added three extra slots per day at its panamax locks, taking the total daily maximum transits to 27, still more than 10 shy of the waterway’s normal maximum, but a sign that the worst was over.
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They can breathe a sign of relieve for now, but it's only a question of time before the canal becomes useless.
cost of living crisis terrible and getting worse, plans being drawn for blackouts and gas cuts in winter, half the country is in official drought…and the two contenders for prime minister, for whom they refuse to let us vote, continue to race to the bottom:
‘profit’ may not be a dirty word, but ‘profiteering’ certainly is.
jess. the people need to know. what are ur thoughts on the Narrative Implications of the mattdrai showdown in THEE stanley cup finals????
hello to u and other anon. in all honesty i don't have thoughts on the Narratives of this bc my real sports feelings are very strong and i do not want one team to win lmao. maybe i will have Narrative Thoughts when we are safely in august and hopefully one side has prevailed the way i want them to 😂 also i will not be watching bc i will be in amsterdam in five days and will NOT be staying up late to watch lol but i trust everyone will lmk if like. leon spears matthew in the nuts 😂😂😂😂 i hope we get one funny mean interaction to sustain us! attainable goals.
i want to draw but i'm not happy with the way anything i draw turns out and none of the cool ideas in my head feel cool anymore when i start putting lines on the paper is that what you people call art block
Color it gold and gray. [Lisa Louise Photography is at Wye River Eastern Shore Maryland.]
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This is the realm of the passing away. All that
exists does not for long.
Whatever comes into this world never stops sliding
toward the edge of eternity.
Form arises from formlessness and passes back,
arising and dissolving in a few dance steps between
creation and destruction.
We are born passing away.
Seedlings and deadfall all face forward.
Earthworms eat what remains.
We sing not for that which dies but for that which
never does.
~ Stephen Levine
from "Breaking the Drought:
Visions of Grace"