News / Shipping industry reveals its scepticism over '$100bn' Nicaraguan canal project

17/10/2014

Nicaragua’s ambitious plans to build a rival to the Panama Canal are likely to cost almost double the estimated $40bn, according to experts at the TOC Americas conference in Cartagena.

“From my early estimates, I think it would be more likely to cost between $65bn and ...

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