| The administrator of the Panama Canal has vowed to press ahead with a programme of steep toll increases despite complaints that they are aggravating the shipping market crisis. Alberto Alemán Zubieta told the Financial Times that traffic through the canal, which links the Pacific and Atlantic oceans via an 80km waterway , had held up well during 2009 despite sharp toll rises. More at Financial Times >> |
March 13, 2010 ~ worldmaritimenews.com ~ 
