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How El Niño will drive Intermodal in North America

Ocean Carriers are already announcing changes in services to avoid the Panama Canal

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Lori Ann LaRocco
Aug 31, 2026
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  • U.S. rail traffic growing 3.2% YOY

  • El Niño mitigation measures have the Panama Canal Authority reducing vessel transits in September

  • Ocean Carrier, ACL is offering North America landbridge alternatives for shippers

  • Port delays in 2022 led Hapag Lloyd, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, and Port of Virginia to come up with a new trade model for East Coast to …

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