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Panama Canal Authority Confirms 6-Month Delay

The Panama Canal Authority’s US$5 billion expansion project has fallen six months behind schedule, which could mean that the new locks will not be operational until 2015, authority officials announced on national television.

“The company is trying to catch up with lost time,’” said Alberto Aleman Zubieta, the authority’s chief executive officer. Problems arose late [...]

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Matson and Horizon get container shipping competition from Pasha

The first shipment of containers onboard the Pasha Hawaii’s MV Jean Anne are seen being off-loaded in Honolulu after arriving from San Diego. Photo courtesy of Pasha Hawaii.

Pasha Hawai’i Transport Lines, LLC, has now entered the container shipping business. The company says Pashas ship, the MV Jean Anne, has been modified to ship [...]

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Virginia Extends Deadline for Terminal Bids

The Virginia Department of Transportation said Wednesday it is extending until Aug. 13 the deadline for alternative bids from private investors to take over operation of the terminals in the Port of Virginia.

Under the state’s Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995, it has to consider alternative proposals in response to the unsolicited conceptual proposal from [...]

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