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Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 - 5:45 am:

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When the widening of the Panama Canal is completed in 2014, and bigger ships are able to move more cheaply from the Pacific Ocean to the Eastern Seaboard, the Port of Baltimore will be ready. Baltimore has dredged the channel into the port to 50 feet, the depth required by the larger vessels, and so will be first in line for greater container-ship traffic from China and other Asian manufacturing centers.

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Posted on Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 7:11 am:

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The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced today that it will host the 2009 International Conference on Marine Simulation and Ship Maneuverability (MARSIM) in Panama City, Panama August 17-20. Anticipated topics of discussion include the latest developments in marine simulation and ship-handling and the Panama Canal Expansion Program’s new set of locks project.

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Posted on Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 7:39 am:

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THE Panama Canal Authority (ACP) total Canal transits decreased 6.4% – to 3,576 transits from 3,821 in the three months from April to June . Transits of supers, larger ships that require greater time and navigation skills to transit the Canal, declined 1.5% – to 1,815 transits from 1,842.

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Posted on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 4:14 am:

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THE Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has released its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the fourth dry excavation contract, the second largest and most complex project after the locks contract.

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Posted on Thursday, August 6, 2009 - 6:58 am:

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PANAMA CITY, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has signed an agreement with Port Everglades of the United States to generate new business, the Manager of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), Alberto Aleman Zubieta, announced on Wednesday.

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Posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 7:19 am:

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The Panama Canal celebrated 95 years of service on Saturday August 15.

Since the steamship ‘Ancón’s’ inaugural canal passage August 15, 1914, the waterway has offered its services to more than 983,000 transits.

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Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 2:36 am:

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Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) announces that Heerema Zwijndrecht, one of its operating companies, has been selected as the nominated subcontractor for the fabrication, delivery and installation of the Panama Canal lock gates.

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 4:35 am:

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A great many maritime analysts and consultants have provided shippers with their overviews and forecasts of the industry of late, but in the interest of clarity and a fresh perspective, Critical Cargoes asked Panama Canal Authority’s (ACP) international commerce specialist,.Eduardo E. Lugo, to answer a few broad questions for our readers.

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Posted on Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 5:35 am:

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The Panama Canal Authority said it has received bids from a number of global engineering and construction firms for the contract to dredge the Atlantic entrance to the canal. The Atlantic entrance dredging project is part of the Canal’s $5.25 billion expansion program to ensure larger, wider ships can reach the new locks.

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Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 6:28 am:

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Colombian coal exporters will seek to take advantage of booming demand in Asia when the Panama Canal expansion is completed in 2013, shipping analysts and Colombian coal producers say. Colombia, the world's fifth-largest exporter of steam coal, has been hit by falling demand in key European and the U.S. markets, and has been the only producing country unable to sell into Asia due to high freight costs.

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Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 2:29 am:

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The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has awarded a contract for insurance brokerage services to Willis. A statement says:...

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Posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 4:45 am:

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The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) says it has awarded Dutch-based Jan De Nul the contract to dredge the Canal’s Atlantic entrance as part of its expansion programme.

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Posted on Friday, October 2, 2009 - 6:16 am:

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The Panama Canal Authority said Thursday it will extend the discount program introduced in June to provide short-term cost reductions and greater flexibility to its reservation system through the end of April 2010.

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Posted on Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 3:37 am:

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The last fiscal year at the Panama Canal saw "Canal Waters Time", the average time it takes a vessel to navigate the Canal, including waiting time, drop sharply from 31.55 to 23.06 hours.

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Posted on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 4:08 am:

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The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced its operational metrics for the 2009 fiscal year (FY 2009) today. Most importantly, Canal Waters Time (CWT), the average time it takes a vessel to navigate the Canal, including waiting time, significantly decreased. Fiscal year 2009 (October 2008 - September 2009) statistics show a slight decline in total transits and tonnage compared to FY 2008.

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Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 5:16 am:

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A former administrator and deputy administrator of Panama’s National Maritime Ports Authority and a “former, high-ranking elected executive official of the Republic of Panama” took bribes from a US company in exchange for a contract to maintain navigational aids, it has been alleged in a US court.

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Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 6:43 am:

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PANAMA CITY - One of the world's greatest engineering marvels is being overhauled as work crews blast through hills to widen and deepen the Panama Canal to make room for a new generation of mega-ships.

Defying the world economic downturn, Panama is spending $5.25 billion in the first major expansion of the canal since it was opened in 1914.

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