Monday, August 6, 2012

PANAMA CITY, Panama: Widening of Panama Canal will remake world trade patterns - World Wires - MiamiHerald.com

PANAMA CITY, Panama: Widening of Panama Canal will remake world trade patterns - World Wires - MiamiHerald.com: "Ports up and down the U.S. Atlantic Seaboard are in a frenzied race to get ready for the larger, slower, more efficient ships that one day will ply the oceans.

They are dredging harbors, expanding rail lines, taking a look at port facilities and distribution centers and, in the case of the New York City area, preparing to elevate the roadway on the Bayonne Bridge so that bigger vessels can slip underneath to Newark Harbor."

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