The impacts of new shipping routes/ passages : a study on the impact of the expansion of the Panama Canal on various shipping sectors

• Main Author: Ong, Randolph Jian Jie
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Maritime studies
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70843
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Since the Panama canal first opened in 1914, the number of vessels transiting between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans has been increasing over the years. In order to cope with the increasing demand as well as the competition from other transportation alternatives such as the rail-land bridge, the Pa...