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Traverse the Panama Canal with SeaDream Yacht Club

07/03/2012 By Panama Eric

(Jetline Cruise) SeaDream Yacht Club has announced that during 2013 it will, for the first time ever, offer a cruise traversing the Panama Canal with its luxury cruise yacht SeaDream I. After that the ship will spend a couple of weeks cruising along the Costa Rican “rich coast.”   You might well ask what is so different about the SeaDream Cruise? Many cruise … [Read more...]

Panama not worried over Nicaragua’s canal

06/13/2012 By Panama Eric

(Tico Times) Panama’s foreign minister, Roberto Henriquez, said Monday that the construction of a canal in Nicaragua would not be a threat to his country, but he acknowledged that his government has not actually discussed the issue. “I do not consider it a threat to the canal [in Panama],” he said. “In any case, it will serve another purpose. But eventually, if they do build … [Read more...]

Panama Canal widening will shape world wide shipping industry

05/15/2012 By Panama Eric

Container ship sails through the Panama Canal

(Mysanantonio.com) The deepening and widening of the Panama Canal will have a ripple effect on shipping throughout the world, but what happens in Texas depends on the various ports, officials said Monday. When larger ships start routinely crossing the canal in 2015, long-haul container ship routes will change because they will be able to make more all-water deliveries, said … [Read more...]

Miraflores Visitor Center is top spot for visiting the Panama Canal

02/26/2012 By Panama Eric

Conatainer ship is illuminated as it passes through the Panama Canal at night.

(Prensa.com) Described by the Tourism Authority of Panama as one of the most visited tourist spots in the country, the Miraflores Visitor Center (CVM), located on the east side of the locks that bear the same name, is known as the window of observation closest to the Panama Canal. Sixta Diaz, general manager of the Miraflores Visitors Center, said the resort is open to the … [Read more...]

Panama Canal earns one billion dollars in fiscal year

12/01/2011 By Panama Eric

Panama Canal Night

(AFP) The Panama Canal swelled the country's coffers by a record $1 billion in the 2010-2011 fiscal year, bringing the total earned since control of the waterway was handed over by the US to some $6.6 billion. The waterway which links the Pacific  and Atlantic Oceans handles 5.0 percent of world trade annually, and was handed over to Panama's control by the United States on … [Read more...]

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