The Influence of Panama Canal Expansion Project on the Containerization

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Since the late 1970s, container shipping fell into a high speed development era. The large ship brings the lower cost and more capacities. This paper aims to introduce the evolution of container ship, and then discuss the influence of Panama Canal Expansion Project on container transport routes in the world. The study shows that the competition in shipping market depends upon ship type development.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1079-1080)

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1237-1240

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December 2014

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