mohammed: let's bring in our guests, from his office in panama city, is lars ostergaard nielsen, headf operations for north america and latin america for maersk. in london is james baker, containers editor for lloyd's list. and jean-paul rodrigue is a professor at hofstra university, also a specialist in port logistics and shipping. thank you so much for joining us. as we mentioned in the intro, you are able to see some of the vessels that would like to enter the panama canal from outside of your office window. where do things stand as of now? do we know how many ships are still trying to transit through the canal and waiting? and have wait times been improving? lars: yes, i am speaking to you from panama, i am near the water side. there are a number of ships waiting, i do not have an up-to-date count right now. it is probably just above 100 still waiting to cross. waiting times are reported to be around 10 days. mohammed: how much concern is there when it comes to the kind of costs this will add up to for the shipping industry and how much of an impact is that having as of now? lars: