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My understanding was that the Panama canal is mostly used for international shipping and that your NY -> LA use case would not be as common as East Asia -> Euro
by theycallmemorty 14y ago
My understanding was that the Panama canal is mostly used for international shipping and that your NY -> LA use case would not be as common as East Asia -> Europe. Do you have the data to back this up?
- robomartin 14y agoEast Asia to Europe goes through the Suez Canal. There's plenty of data on what goes through the Panama canal. Shoot me and email and I'll hand you a copy of all of my data for you to study.
- dmckeon 14y agoAlso note that the Panama Canal system is set to expand by 2015, and that US East-coast ports are already expanding their cargo capacity in expectation of more & bigger container ships, routing Pacific->Panama->East rather than Pacific->West->rail->East. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal#Third_set_of_locks_project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal#Third_set_of_lock... http://www.siteselection.com/issues/2011/nov/eastern-seaboard.cfm http://www.siteselection.com/issues/2011/nov/eastern-seaboar...