US Gulf ports invest for growth from Panama locks
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
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The eyes of Texas and other U.S. Gulf ports are fixed on the opening of the new Panama Canal locks later this spring.
Port executives expect the long-delayed opening to post-Panamax vessel traffic will be a seminal event in the growth of their volumes, but later rather than sooner.
Source: Journal of Commerce