Nicaraguan project tough to build and is no threat to us, says Panama Canal chief

The chief executive of the Panama Canal has dismissed the threat of competition from a Nicaraguan canal, saying his organisation was chiefly focused on winning back cargo “lost to Suez”. In ...

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Oh wow, here comes the Nicaragua Canal once more… There has been little more than ...

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Recommends / Nicaragua’s secrecy over canal stoking unrest, says top scientist

Quite aside from the financial viability of the proposed Nicaragua canal – the fact that ...

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Recommends / Scientists question Nicaraguan canal in new report

“Its massive social, economic and environmental impacts will be suffered by Nicaragua and its neighbouring ...

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Recommends / Scientists wary about environmental effects of canal-building In Nicaragua

There have been plenty of criticisms of the proposed Nicaragua canal from an economic standpoint, ...

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Recommends / Concerns surface over economic feasibility of Nicaragua Canal

The vast Nicaraguan Canal project, first proposed in 1825, will not only be challenging to ...

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News / Panama Canal answers Nicaragua project with reduced tolls and a loyalty scheme

Competition for container shipping in the Americas is gearing up as the Nicaragua canal project ...

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

Nicaragua’s ambitious plans to build a rival to the Panama Canal are likely to cost ...

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Recommends / A different angle on China's Nicaraguan canal plan

Is the Chinese company HKND’s proposal to build a canal through Nicaragua really based on ...

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News / Nicaragua Canal route is unveiled – a $50bn threat to expanded Panama

The Nicaragua government yesterday unveiled the route of its proposed canal to link the Pacific ...

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Recommends / Nicaragua Canal: pipe dream or full steam ahead?

Leave it to China to steal the Panama Canal’s centennial thunder. Rumours of a partnership ...

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Nicaraguan project tough to build and is no threat to us, says Panama Canal chief

Nicaragua Canal Headlines

Recommends / Nicaragua's canal: in a sleepy Pacific port, something stirs

Recommends / Nicaragua’s secrecy over canal stoking unrest, says top scientist

Recommends / Scientists question Nicaraguan canal in new report

Recommends / Scientists wary about environmental effects of canal-building In Nicaragua

Recommends / Concerns surface over economic feasibility of Nicaragua Canal

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News / Panama Canal answers Nicaragua project with reduced tolls and a loyalty scheme

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

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