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Panama: Will we be ready?
(The Jamaica Observer)
September 4, 2012
Camilo Thame, Business Co-ordinator thamec@jamaicaobserver.com
THE window for Jamaica to take advantage of the expanded Panama Canal is closing fast.
The waterway, which will allow cargo ships with three times the container capacity currently passing through the locks, should be finished in the first half of 2015.
What's more, earlier this month, a court cleared the way for a US$1-billion port facility in Costa Rica, while Cuba, not wanting to wait on political change, is embarking on a US$800-million port in Mariel ...... Read more on The Jamaica Observer
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