U.S. Spruces Up Ports in Anticipation of Panama Canal Expansion Completion

SUGAR LAND--September 30, 2015--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Panama Canal is expanding for the first time since its construction in 1914, and America's ports are pouring billions of dollars into modernizing and building new facilities in anticipation of its completion. The $5.25 billion Panama Canal expansion project, scheduled to open April 2016, will lead to an increase in a new line of larger container ships entering U.S. ports.

Within this article: Overview of U.S. port projects under way in anticipation of the Panama Canal expansion, including those at the ports of Charleston, Miami, Los Angeles, Seattle and Tacoma.