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Panama Canal to handle up to 14,100-TEU ships

Infrastructure Development

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

The Panama Canal Authority has advertised that the massive project underway to expand the man-made shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans will enable transits by 12,500-TEU vessels, but a top official now says the facility's operating capacity could bump up to accommodate even larger ships. Rodolfo Sabonge, executive vice president for planning and business development, told American Shipper at a major transportation conference in Washington that larger ships will f...

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