Latest Panama Canal Stories
Enterprise software and consulting leader opens Center of Excellence in Panama to better support the government, and create a base for all Latin American operations BOSTON, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- 4Sight Technologies (www.4sighttech.com), a global enterprise software and IT consulting services company, today announced it has entered into a strategic agreement with The National Authority for Government Innovation (www.innovacion.gob.pa), the entity responsible for modernization...
MIAMI, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A lawsuit was filed in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court on behalf of Plaintiff Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. against Grupo Unidos Por El Canal, S.A., a consortium of leading construction companies. The group includes Spain's Sacyr Vallehermoso, Italy's Impregilo, Belgium's Jan de Nul and Panama's Constructora Urbana (Cusa). GUPC is based in Panama City, Panama. The consortium is best known as the main contractor responsible for the design and...
Panama Canal Expansion Means Higher Volumes, Larger Vessels, New Trading Patterns SEATTLE, Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the completion of the Panama Canal expansion nears, a number of concerns have surfaced regarding the ability of U.S. ports to keep up with the more aggressive port infrastructure progress witnessed overseas. Colliers International released its North American Port Analysis Report, which highlights the rapid growth of intermodalism - the study of...
GALVESTON, Texas, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Shipping in the Houston-Galveston area is expected to increase tremendously with the expansion of the Panama Canal, but the region needs to be sure it is ready to meet the coming tidal wave of new business opportunities, says a Texas A&M University at Galveston professor. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120502/DC99584LOGO) William Merrell, holder of the George P. Mitchell Chair at the Galveston campus who has...
WASHINGTON, June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) submitted to Congress Wednesday the "U.S. Port and Inland Waterways Modernization: Preparing for Post-Panamax Vessels" report, an examination of options for future modernization of U.S. ports and inland waterways. The report has been released to the public today at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/portandwaterways/. The USACE Institute for Water Resources (IWR) in Alexandria, Va., was...
NEW YORK, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Madlyn Primoff, a partner in Kaye Scholer's Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice today released her outlook on bankruptcy risks facing various industries in the U.S. for the second half of 2012. Madlyn Primoff's predictions are based on economic and financial trends that could benefit some companies in distress, but hurt others that are in already-exposed industries. "Corporate bankruptcy filings have steadily declined over the last...
ST. LOUIS, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The world wants soy, and U.S. farmers have invested in finding ways to get more of it to export markets quicker, easier and cheaper. Two soy checkoff-funded studies examine the challenges and opportunities related to transportation infrastructure. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/55671-united-soybean-board-soy-checkoff-funded-studies-examine-waterway-issues Study: "America's...
The discovery of two new extinct camel species by University of Florida scientists sheds new light on the history of the tropics, a region containing more than half the world's biodiversity and some of its most important ecosystems. Appearing online this week in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, the study is the first published description of a fossil mammal discovered as part of an international project in Panama. Funded with a grant from the National Science Foundation, UF...
Expansion of one of the world's most important shipping routes brings with it a unique opportunity to reduce the carbon footprint of the marine industry, experts claim. Expanded sections of the Panama Canal are due to open in 2014 following an eight-year program to widen and deepen the waterway in order to increase capacity for liner shipping. This will remove the breadth restriction of 32.2m (known as 'panamax' in the shipping industry) that has constrained ships using the canal since...
SEATTLE, Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Holland America Line's flagship ms Amsterdam and the intimate explorer, ms Prinsendam, each will sail two Grand Voyages in 2013. In total, the four extensive itineraries feature 322 cruising days, visiting more than 120 ports of call in 65 countries. Amsterdam will sail a 115-day Grand World Voyage in January and a 75-day Grand Pacific and Far East Voyage in the fall. Prinsendam departs on a 68-day Grand South America and Antarctica Voyage in January,...
