Gearing Up

摘要

Growth Potential The Panama Canal Expansion Program, now scheduled to be completed in 2016, will double the waterway's capacity and have significant impact on global trade and, in particular, on U.S. ports and the nation's inland infrastructure. 1. Just what that impact will be, however, will remain a question until the canal is in full operation. 2. A number of East Coast port projects are under way to deepen channels and expand and improve infrastructure to enable them to handle the large-capacity, deeper-draft vessels the canal expansion will accommodate 3. One market that could see tremendous growth is liquefied natural gas transport.