 According to the article, the sugar was to be carried on barges through the still-unopened Panama Canal, then loaded onto "Dakotan".There was no indication in the newspaper whether this mission was completed or not, but it is known that American-Hawaii returned to its historic route of sailing cargo around South America via the Straits of Magellan after Tehuantepec was closed but before the canal opened.With the opening of the Panama Canal on 15 August, American-Hawaiian ships switched to using the canal.