The completion of the Panama Canal expansion may be delayed by at least another six months, according to Grantley Stephenson.

The president of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) said that the wider, deeper canal, which is expected to unlock huge potential in transshipment business for the region, will more likely become fully functional in 2016.

The Canal was originally set to be completed next year, while delays pushed back the projections, up to the end of last year, for the project to be completed in first half of 2015.

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