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Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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Originally Posted by RenaudFR
What do you think about it ?
That Panamax 2014 will really set the sails for Texas & Florida to become larger gainers. Extend the Panama Canal! We're all going to benefit from it though as long as the United States keeps its exports higher than its imports (Economical surplus) or exports and imports at the same rate as each other (Economical balance).
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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Originally Posted by A&M Bulldawg
So the Panama Canal extension will bring way more growth to Houston?
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GALVESTON — The ports of Houston and Galveston are exploring the construction of a huge new container terminal on Pelican Island to take advantage of an expected explosion in container traffic after the widening of the Panama Canal is completed, but they may get an unexpected partner.
That Panamax 2014 will really set the sails for Texas & Florida to become larger gainers. Extend the Panama Canal! We're all going to benefit from it though as long as the United States keeps its exports higher than its imports (Economical surplus) or exports and imports at the same rate as each other (Economical balance).
Yes, Panamax 2014 is real opportunity for Texas and Florida (Louisiana too, this state needs it), they can be happy.Texas domination will be stronger and Florida could become third.
California was first prior to 2003 but now second, but it's still good..The problem : the state doesn't invest in its ports, they're old and crowded..Texas extended its ports and modernize them.
Yes. Not way more, but an explosive hell yes, never been seen before (in this region of the country at least), completely unmatched WAYYYY MORE!
DANG, Houston! Y'all need to need to invest into some benefical and effective public transportation quickly before the area starts growing almost 200,000 people annually! LOL!
DANG, Houston! Y'all need to need to invest into some benefical and effective public transportation quickly before the area starts growing almost 200,000 people annually! LOL!
It's already happening!
I'd prefer a different method of approach to expanding metro rail, but.....it's some what feasible for the inner loop. I just got this cheap camera, but it's good enough to where I can get around and show some pictures of the construction happening around 3rd Ward with rail.
New Panamax is going to lead to larger and larger ships using the Canal, which will probably help the bigger ports and hurt the smaller ones. Some ports will be unable to pay to dredge out the water for the deeper drafts. Also, it's more expensive for larger ships to call on each port, so there will likely be some consolidation in ship calls and a degradation in service at smaller ports.
Ports that have carved out a niche--like the Port of Brunswick, GA an roll-on roll-off traffic, or the Port of Mobile in bulks--will probably be unaffected.
It's unlikely any regional shifts will be that drastic--for instance, containers bound for Pittsburgh will not suddenly go through Texas--save for one: California's huge business of "land bridging" containers bound for the East Coast by train will probably be threatened. So I think most of the major east coast ports will be the ones that will benefit from the canal expansion. And the economy in general, of course.
The real loser in all this is Nicaragua. Now they'll never get a canal.
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