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PANAMA CITY, Panama, July 19, 2007 – The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) took one step closer to breaking ground for the expansion of the Panama Canal
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By Diane Lindquist for the San Diego Union-Tribune - An expansion of the Panama Canal to allow passage for a new generation of megaships may be threatening plans to build a new port at Punta Colonet, 150 miles south of San Diego. The Mexican and Pa
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By Tim Hoskins for the Iowa Farmer Today - The pending expansion of the Panama Canal might send waves back to Midwest farms. Tim Burrack, corn section director for the U.S. Grains Council and a Northeast Iowa farmer, says the Panama Canal expansion
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PANAMA CITY, Panama, August 17, 2007 – After a thorough evaluation of the received proposals, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) awarded the Program Manager contract to CH2M Hill last Wednesday. The leading full-service global firm and number one pro
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Xinhua - Panama's foreign minister on Wednesday called on Forum for East Asian-Latin American Cooperation (Fealac) member nations to provide support for the program to expand the Panama Canal. Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro is in Brasilia fo
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PANAMA CITY, Panama, August 28, 2007 – In another sign that Panama Canal expansion is moving forward at a steady, methodical pace, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) released yesterday a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the construction of the ne
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Thousands of Panamanians and foreign dignitaries are in Paraiso next to the Panama Canal to witness the start of the expansion of the Panama Canal. People are still filtering in to the area, and the schedule cal
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By Wendy Braanker for Radio Netherlands - Within three days of winning the prestigious contract, three members of DHV, a Dutch consultancy and engineering firm, were at the site in Panama. DHV recently won the contract to modernise the Panama Canal
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A 93-year-old engineering marvel is getting a major overhaul -- and it could lead to cheaper goods in the U.S. Crews have blasted through the hillside next to the Panama Canal, marking the start of the waterway's biggest expansion since it opened i
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Feedstuffs.com - A major project to enlarge the Panama Canal -- the largest since its original construction -- began with a bang today when explosions leveled part of Paradise Hill in preparation for the construction of a new lane and locks that wi
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On Monday, a ceremony on the outskirts of Panama City marked the beginning of a $5.2 billion Panama Canal expansion project, which aims to double the canal's capacity. Below a YouTube Video covers the ceremony.
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Business News America reports that bids will be due on January 28th 2008 for a contract to dredge the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.
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While the Panama Canal gets gouged out into a four-lane superhighway for ships, Port Manatee -- the closest U.S. deep-water port to the canal -- is doing some souping up of its own.
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Spanish engineering firm Typsa has won a contract for the expansion of the Panama Canal. The firm was selected, along with Dutch company DHV, to collaborate with US company CH2M Hill in the project.
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MONTERREY, Mexico, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Mexico's top construction firm ICA aims to participate in Panama's $5.25 billion canal expansion as part of an international consortium, the company's chief executive said on Friday. ICA also plans to list
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A Smithsonian scientist and colleague report that a potentially harmful, invasive crab species that has spread to several countries is now established and reproducing in Panama.
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Panama, Oct. 6 (Xinhua): At least 20 companies from eight countries have participated in the tendering process to win the second contract for the dry-excavation of the Panama Canal, official sources said. Firms from Canada and the United States, Mex
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Caterpillar Inc. today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Panama to purchase land for the construction of a demonstration and learning center and other operations near Panama City.
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