-- フィナンシャル・タイムズ紙は水曜日、アジアの買い手が中東からの石油・ガス供給に代わる代替供給源を求めているため、パナマ運河の最も混雑する航路の利用料が過去最高水準に達していると報じた。 航路の入札件数は、2月末に始まった米・イスラエル・イランの対立以前の5倍にまで増加している。パナマックス型船舶の通行料は平均83万7500ドルにまで上昇していると、同紙はアーガス・メディアのデータに基づいて伝えている。 アーガス・メディアの米州貨物価格担当責任者、ロス・グリフィス氏は、この激しい入札競争は、アジアの買い手が石油や燃料だけでなく、石炭などの商品も米メキシコ湾岸から調達しようと躍起になっていることを反映していると述べた。 調査会社Kplerによると、運河通過の待ち時間は6週間ぶりの高水準となる4.25日にまで延びている。そのため、一部の企業は4月に運河最大の閘門を利用するために最大400万ドルもの費用を支払ったという。 記事によると、パナマ運河を通過する船舶のほとんどは事前に料金を確定して予約されるが、約30%はオークションで予約可能だという。 パナマ運河庁はのコメント要請にすぐには応じなかった。 フィナンシャル・タイムズ紙は、専門家らが、米国の豊富なエネルギー供給が船舶交通量の増加とアジアにおけるエネルギー需要の急増の背景にあると指摘していると報じた。 記事は、戦争開始以来、ディーゼル燃料、LNG、ジェット燃料を積んだタンカー29隻がヨーロッパからアジアへ航路を変更しており、アジアでより高い入札価格を見つけたことを示唆していると指摘した。 (マーケットチャッターのニュースは、世界中の市場専門家との会話から得られた情報に基づいています。この情報は信頼できる情報源に基づいていると考えられますが、噂や憶測が含まれている可能性があります。正確性は保証されません。)
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