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CEPAL to Study Canal Extension
Impact
Experts of the region will
analyze here the economic and
trade impact that will be for
Latin America, Panama Canal
extension, passed in a
referendum of that country on
October, Saturday announced
Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean (CEPAL).
CEPAL will sponsor this Monday a
seminar on this topic, headed to
foresee Panama Canal Master Plan
implications and to make
recommendations on maritime and
port practices.
The proposal of increasing
capacity of that inter oceanic
way with the construction of
three locks have great
importance, because a
significant part of regional
maritime trade goes through
Isthmus of Panama towards Asia
and Europe, said to Prensa
Latina one of the participants.
The seminar, which will be
inaugurated by CEPAL Executive
Secretary Jose Luis Machinea,
will count with the presence of
Alberto Aleman Zubieta and
Rodolfo Sabonge, Panama Canal
Authority Administrator and
Director, respectively.
Likewise, Chilean, Ecuadorian
and Colombian sectors will
tackle: maritime transport
current panorama and ports in
Latin America and The Caribbean,
and Panama Canal role.
Master Plan 2006 version seeks
for increasing capacity and to
remove restrictions current
Canal imposes to maritime
industry.
Among the countries that
generally use the Canal the most
are United States, Japan, China
and Chile.
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