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Panama blasted away part of a hillside next to the canal on Monday, marking the start of the waterway's biggest expansion since it opened 93 years ago. Here is a nice pic from the AP read more »
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Here is an amazing video of the blast that started the canal expansion. read more »
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The agreements that Panamanian strongman Omar Torrijos and then US president Jimmy Carter signed on Sep 7, 1977 launched a process, which concluded on Dec 31, 1999 with the US handing control of the canal to Panamanian authorities. read more »
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Panama on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of a historic deal to hand over the Panama Canal with low-key celebrations, only four days after work started on expanding the world-famous passage... read more »
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Anchorage-based Gunderboom Inc. has a contract to recover trees that were submerged during the construction of the Panama Canal in the early 1900s. "For every board foot we extract, that's one less board foot coming out of a green jungle," Dreyer read more »
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Panama has the highest terminal cost in our system. Can you imagine, we are overpaying for storage throughput by US$9 per tonne?' he said in an interview yesterday. read more »
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The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) removed and replaced the turntable used by the locomotives at Gatun locks Tuesday without interrupting Canal operations. read more »
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This is an interesting video that shows quite a bit of info on how the canal locks work, if you have never seen them before. read more »
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PANAMA CITY, Panama, October 24, 2007 - The Panama Canal Authority (ACP), along with the Government of Panama, participated in The Business Roundtable today, organized by Economist Conferences, a division of the Economist Intelligence Unit in Panama read more »
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PANAMA CITY, Panama, November 13, 2007 - After months of public consultations with various stakeholders and a comprehensive study on how to manage and mitigate impact on the environment, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) received a seal of approval f read more »
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The yachts taking part in the Blue Water Rally are currently transiting the Panama Canal, which, as anyone who has passed through the canal will testify, is no small undertaking in a small craft. At around 2200 UTC yesterday the first wave of... read more »
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