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It's not future-proof. There are already ships too big for the new locks. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panamax#New_Panamax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by mrob 10y ago
It's not future-proof. There are already ships too big for the new locks. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panamax#New_Panamax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panamax#New_Panamax
- garrettgrimsley 10y agoRight, which is what the Nicaraguan canal is supposed to be able to handle, if it is ever constructed.
- mapt 10y agoIf it is, expect the Panama Canal to start work on the fourth set of locks, and perhaps finish before the Nicaragua Canal.
- brianbreslin 10y agoThere apparently is no visible sign of progress on the Nicaraguan canal project from people in the country (government even). I doubt it will ever get built, unless the Chinese market goes bananas and they feel its worth financing this.
- walrus01 10y agoConsidering that the billionaire investor behind it has zero track record of implementing massive construction projects (on the scale of Samsung working as a prime contractor for the Burj Khalifa, for example), I'm very suspicious that it's anything other than vaporware...