Friday, March 1, 2013

Tight squeeze

By Donald Sensing

There was 6in to spare when the USS Missouri passed
through the Panama Canal in 1945. Wider locks are due to be
completed in 2014, allowing 49-metre-wide "New Panamax" ships to use it.
But it will remain off limits to the largest container ships.
BBC News - How much bigger can container ships get?

HT: American Digest

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