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The new Maasvlakte 2 container terminals will be first in Europe to operate without a driver on board. From GCaptain: Zurich, Switzerland — Global power and automation technology firm ABB announced that they have recently won contracts from two major container terminal operators, APM Terminals and Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) to provide automation systems [...] 
‘The canal no longer solely depends on the world’s main economies,’ said Panama Canal Administrator Jorge Quijano. A record amount of cargo crossed the Panama Canal over the past 12 months, largely fueled by economic growth in Latin America, the waterway’s top administrator said. Nearly 334 million tonnes of cargo crossed the canal during fiscal [...] A “ho-hum” reaction has greeted a recent announcement of developments in building a second overland rival to the Panama Canal. President Daniel Ortega has given approval to the plans for a $30 billion rail/water connection from Puerto Corinto on the Pacific and Monkey Point on the Caribbean. Nothing much to raise the pulse rate, admittedly. [...] |
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