Panama Canal charges

[David Harrison]

I understand that when Disney Magig mde its transit of the Panama Canal on 16th May 2008, the toll charge was $283,400. Is this true? Is it a regular charge, or a one of? If it's a regular occurence, if I owned a shipping company journeys to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina would be a definate possibility. :lol:

[Tomas]

H sir, here are a link for you, click here. Expensive stuff, indeed...

[Chris C.]

A little more info on rates and how they are calculated
http://www.pancanal.com/eng/general/peajes-en-el-canal.html

[David Harrison]

Many thanks for the information. Expensive charges or what!  Shipping Companies must get the cheque book out even when repositioning of ships.
Is the Suez Canal just as expensive?