The expanded Panama Canal met on March 22, 1.000 days of operation, exceeding expectations and redefining global trade routes. From the first days of its operations in 2016, the waterway saw an increase in cargo tonnage, as a result of the transfer of new segments and new line services that have been redirected by the route through Panama, capitalizing on the reduction of time and costs that it offers the inter-oceanic route.
As Jorge L. Quijano, the Panama Canal Administrator commented during...
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