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Tanker pays record US$5.3 million to transit Panama Canal: Administrator

CNA Singapore and Euronews describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Tanker pays record US$5.3 million to transit Panama Canal: Administrator.
The headline split CNA Singapore frames it as "Tanker pays record US$5.3 million to transit Panama Canal: Administrator". Euronews frames it as "Tanker pays record $5.3m to transit Panama Canal amid El Niño drought".
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CNA SingaporeNews report · Aug 28, 6:59 AM

Tanker pays record US$5.3 million to transit Panama Canal: Administrator

South Korean company SK Gas paid the record sum for the G Spirit to transit the shipping lane on Sep 1, two days before canal authorities reduce the number of transits due to the El Nino we...

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EuronewsNews report · Aug 28, 6:19 AM

Tanker pays record $5.3m to transit Panama Canal amid El Niño drought

The US-built canal's main users are the United States, China, Japan, Chile and South Korea.

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Aug 28, 6:19 AM: Euronews joined the source map.

Aug 28, 6:59 AM: CNA Singapore joined the source map.

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