A passage usually costs between $300,000 and $400,000. If you don't have a slot, you can skip the line through an auction, for an additional fee that has now skyrocketed to an average of $425,000.
But there are those who pay even more than that.
According to Ricaurte Vásquez, who administers the Panama Canal, one company has paid an extra $4 million to get through the canal.
It was a ship with fuel bound for Europe, which was diverted to Singapore, where it needed to be offloaded because Singapore was running low on fuel, he says.
Other oil companies are said to have paid an extra $3 million to speed up their passage, as oil prices rose when the Strait of Hormuz was blocked.
