Box ship transits through Panama Canal hold steady, despite drought limits
Despite the well-publicised drought that hampered its capacity, container vessel transits through the Panama Canal ...
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By Alex Lennane
Apparently it’s on – and this year. Possibly in response to the delays and troubles in Panama, Nicaragua’s president and Chinese tycoon Wang Jing have announced that they are to start building the $40bn canal across Central America in December. It makes in-fighting over Panama’s relatively paltry $5.2bn cost seem something of a minor scuffle.
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