(Newsroom Panama) The expansion of the Panama Canal is going to reshape the USĀ Ā port infrastructure and ship movements. Good for some, Ā bad for others. And among the receivers of the āgoodā will be Panama with the potential to double the number of transits following a time when new records have already been set, and are predicted to continue in 2012. The Canal expansion is … [Read more...]
Panama Canal Transit sets tonnage record
(Prensa.com) For transited the Panama Canal in fiscal 2011, which ended September 30, 322.1 million tons, which marked a record tonnage traffic, reported Sunday the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) . Preliminary figures indicate that the ACP Panama Canal closed fiscal 2011 with 322.1 million tons PC / UMS, which is the Universal Measurement System Ship Panama Canal, volume … [Read more...]
Panama canal drives forest conservation
(Mongabay.com) An ambitious initiative in Panama is attempting to do just that. The Agua Salud Project is a joint effort between the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), the Panama Canal Authority, Panamaās National Environmental Authority, and the HSBC Climate Partnership. The effort aims to "understand and quantify" the ecological, social, and economic services … [Read more...]
Construction begins on gates for the third set of new locks for wider Panama Canal
(Prensa.com) September begins construction of new lock gates which will be the Panama Canal, the Pacific and Atlantic. The manufacture of the first slide gates is done in the shipyard Cimolai SpA Italian manufacturer in Pordenone, Italy. The administrator of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), Alberto Zubieta German, explained that during the process of building a team that … [Read more...]
With the expanded Canal, Panama seeking to become the logistics hub of the Americas
(Prensa.com) German Alberto Zubieta and Jorge L. Quijano, General Manager and Executive Vice President of Engineering and Management of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), respectively, are clear that the channel widened further positioned the country in world trade, and also give you the capacity of ACP provide advice worldwide on project management. "We already have the … [Read more...]