I’ve heard that the tolls for large ships to traverse the panama canal are very very expensive, but from what I’ve just read, for freighters it can range from $10,000 to $100,000. This is less than I expected. Considering the number of cargo containers some of these vessels have and the value of the items, it’s probably well worth it to go to Florida.
I’m not sure thes container ships are built to panmax standards.
With the opening of the Panama Canal expansion in June, it was to be expected that the waterway would shatter all sorts of cargo volume records, but with the canal’s added capacity one figure in particular stands out: $829,468.
That’s the staggering toll a containership previously too big to use the Panama Canal just paid to pass through it.
https://gcaptain.com/containership-pays-nearly-1-million-toll-to-cross-the-expanded-panama-canal/
And they have to make a return trip, plus additional miles...