

{"id":16471,"date":"2016-09-07T06:42:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T10:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=16471"},"modified":"2016-09-07T06:46:14","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T10:46:14","slug":"panama-canal-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=16471","title":{"rendered":"Panama Canal update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Panama Canal Authority intended to play it safe for the use of the new expanded locks for the rest of the year, to make sure they were able to get the crews trained and work out any operational snafus.<\/p>\n<p>So now that the story is off the front pages, how is it going?  Will containerized freight shipments fall off for railroads inside the United States?  Related news stories:<\/p>\n<p>Japanese automobiles arrive in Jacksonville via roll-on roll-off ship that transited the canal<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaxport.com\/newsroom\/news\/jaxport-marks-two-firsts-with-iris-leader\">Jax Port news story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seattle preparing for new Roll-on, Roll-off vehicle hauling ships (presumably to\/from Europe, or US East Coast)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heavyliftpfi.com\/news\/nwsa-benefits-from-widened-panama-canal.html\">Heavy Lift pfi. Com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>First shipment of Liquified Natural Gas reaches China<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/news\/3205125-u-s-liquefied-natural-gas-china-arrives-via-expanded-panama-canal\">Seeking Alpha<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chile to import LNG from US<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.platts.com\/latest-news\/natural-gas\/houston\/chile-eyes-more-us-lng-after-expansion-of-panama-27657264\">Platts.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>First NeoPanamax cargo ship arrives in Philadelphia<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/business\/20160829_New_route_brings_cargo_to_Philly_via_bigger_Panama_Canal_and__Panamax__ships.html\">Philly.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Iran looking at investing in the mythical Nicaraguan canal<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2016\/08\/24\/481431\/Iran-Latin-America-Nicaragua-canal-Zarif\">Press TV (Iran news)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related: Russia to help Iran build mythical canal from Caspian Sea to Persian Gulf<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/20160330\/1037229773\/iran-russia-caspian-persian-gulf-canal.html\">Sputnik News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aframax and SuezMax oil tankers are being retrofitted to meet NeoPanamax requirements<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/r-big-oil-tankers-need-for-retrofit-delays-use-of-new-panama-canal-2016-8\">Business Insider<\/a><\/p>\n<p>First ship damaged by scraping walls<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gcaptain.com\/containership-damaged-in-panama-canals-new-locks\/\">Gcaptain.com<\/a><br \/>\n(the lateral forces on a container ship in high winds are incredibly huge!)<\/p>\n<p>South Korean shipper declares bankruptcy, stranding containers<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/business\/index.ssf\/2016\/09\/ailing_hanjin_moves_to_resolve.html\">Oregon Live<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Panama Canal Authority intended to play it safe for the use of the new expanded locks for the rest of the year, to make sure they were able to get the crews trained and work out any operational snafus. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=16471\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[205,104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-trade","category-global-finances"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16471"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16477,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16471\/revisions\/16477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}