Panama Canal expansion work resumes
FEBRUARY 20, 2014 — Panama’s TVN-2 news channel today pictured workers returning to work on the Panama Canal expansion project after a dispute between the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and contractor Grupo
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Panama Canal: dispute parties exchange proposals
FEBRUARY 7, 2013 — Efforts to get work restarted on the Panama Canal extension may be slightly less stalled than they were. The parties in the dispute have now traded proposals. Meantime,
Panama Canal expansion could face 3-5 year delay
FEBRUARY 6, 2014 — All those post-Panamax ships that shipowners have been ordering may not be able to pass through an expanded Panama Canal as early as projected. There has been a
New gates for expanded canal arrive in Panama
AUGUST 21, 2013 — In another milestone for the Panama Canal Expansion Program, the first four gates for the new locks arrived from the port of Trieste, Italy, to the waterway’s Atlantic
Third Set of Locks headed to Panama Canal
AUGUST 2, 2013—The first four new massive gates for the Panama Canal’s Third Set of Locks is expected to arrive in Panama from Italy on a heavy lift ship on August 19.
Panama finds missile components on North Korean ship
JULY 16, 2013 — Panama is holding a North Korean ship, the 1977-built Chon Chon Gang, after war materials were found hidden in containers carrying a cargo of brown sugar from Cuba.
IHC Merwede delivers ACP backhoe dredge
MAY 22, 2013 — IHC Merwede, Sliedrecht, The Netherlands, last month delivered the backhoe dredge Alberto Alemán Zubieta to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) after a successful trial period of 30 continuous
$743.3 million Bayonne Bridge contract awarded
APRIL 25, 2013 — The Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey yesterday awarded a $743.3 million contract to Skanska Koch, Inc. / Kiewit Infrastructure Co.
Savannah Harbor Expansion Project gets the go-ahead
NOVEMBER 14, 2012 — Scheduled for completion in 2015, the expansion of the Panama Canal will allow the transit of ships with drafts of as much as 50 ft. With that in
Bayonne Bridge raising would benefit from fast tracking
JULY 20, 2012—As we reported earlier today, seven infrastructure projects at five U.S. ports have been selected by the Obama Administration to receive a streamlined federal review and permitting process under its