Panama Canal opens $5B locks, bullish despite shipping woes

Edit Palm Beach Post 26 Jun 2016
Nearly two years late due to construction delays and labor strife, the $5.25 billion project formally launches with the transit of a 158-foot-wide (48.2 meters), ......

A look at the Panama Canal and its newly expanded locks

Edit The Miami Herald 26 Jun 2016
A look at the Panama Canal and its newly expanded locks, which were formally inaugurated Sunday.. ---. THE CANAL.. Opened on Aug. 15, 1914, the Panama Canal was constructed by the United States between 1904 and 1913 at a cost of $375 million, building on an earlier, French-led effort that fizzled ... --- ... --- ... It's a Marshall Islands-flagged container vessel with a capacity of 9,472 shipping containers and is 158 feet wide and 984 feet long ... ....

Chinese insurers undertaking ‘Titanic’ risks

Edit Taipei Times 26 Jun 2016
A Reuters survey of the accounts of the top five listed insurers, including Ping An Insurance Group Co (中國平安保險集團) and New China Life Insurance (新華保險), showed their holding of assets other than shares, bonds and cash had more than quadrupled in five years to 984 billion yuan (US$150 billion) ... They are going for higher interest rate bets and a lot of them could go bad.” ... ....

Expanded Panama Canal opens to cloudy shipping future

Edit The Times Picayune 26 Jun 2016
Several tug boats pulled "Cosco Shipping Panama" into the new locks at Agua Clara under a cloudy sky in Colon province, about 80 kilometers (about 50 miles) north of the capital ... Nearly two years late due to construction delays and labor strife, the $5.25 billion project formally launched with the transit of the 158-foot-wide, 984-foot-long, Chinese-owned container ship ... "The canal is a winning bet ... The canal opens the route ... ....

Thousands gather to witness Panama Canal launch $5B expansion project (photos)

Edit Syracuse 26 Jun 2016
Several tug boats pulled "Cosco Shipping Panama" into the new locks at Agua Clara under a cloudy sky in Colon province, about about 50 miles north of the capital ... Nearly two years late due to construction delays and labor strife, the $5.25 billion project formally launched with the transit of the 158-foot-wide (48.2 meters), 984-foot-long (300 meters), Chinese-owned container ship ... "The canal is a winning bet ... The canal opens the route....

Thousands gather to witness Panama Canal launch $5B expansion project

Edit Penn Live 26 Jun 2016
It's important to remember that the canal does not create demand. The canal opens the route ... Nearly two years late due to construction delays and labor strife, the $5.25 billion project formally launched with the transit of the 158-foot-wide (48.2 meters), 984-foot-long (300 meters), Chinese-owned container ship. It's one of the modern class of mega-vessels that will now be able to use the canal ... "The canal is a winning bet ... ....

Panama Canal opens $5 billion expansion, bullish despite shipping woes

Edit The Columbus Dispatch 26 Jun 2016
Several tug boats pulled “Cosco Shipping Panama” into the new locks at Agua Clara under a cloudy sky in Colon province, about 50 miles north of the capital ... Nearly two years late due to construction delays and labor strife, the $5.25 billion project formally launched with the transit of the 158-foot-wide, 984-foot-long, Chinese-owned container ship ... “The canal is a winning bet ... The canal opens the route....

Chinese insurers run 'Titanic' risks for titanic returns

Edit Yahoo Daily News 26 Jun 2016
By Sumeet Chatterjee ... A Reuters survey of the accounts of the top five listed insurers including Ping An Insurance Group Co and New China Life Insurance showed their holding of assets other than shares, bonds and cash had more than quadrupled in five years to 984 billion yuan ($150 billion) ... They are going for higher interest rate bets, and a lot of them could go bad." ... AGGRESSIVE STRATEGIES ... ($1 = 6.5717 Chinese yuan renminbi)....

BALLOU CRUISES TO SECOND STRAIGHT LAKESIDE SCORE (USAC - United States Auto Club)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Jun 2016
(Source. USAC - United States Auto Club). BALLOU CRUISES TO SECOND STRAIGHT LAKESIDE SCORE. Kansas City, Kansas………Lakeside Speedway has been very kind to Robert Ballou over the past two seasons and on Saturday night, the Rocklin, California driver returned to victory lane for the second consecutive time at the 4/10-mile track, leading all 30 laps from his pole-starting position ... 1 ... C.J ... Clinton Boyles, 77, Hockett-18.984; 19 ... (8 laps) 1 ... NT....

Panama Canal inaugurates expansion Sunday

Edit The Miami Herald 25 Jun 2016
The COSCO Shipping Panama — a 984-foot , 158-foot wide Chinese container ship — will move into position on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal just after after sunrise Sunday to prepare for the first official transit through the newly expanded canal....

The Panama Canal expansion will be inaugurated Sunday

Edit The Miami Herald 25 Jun 2016
The COSCO Shipping Panama — a 984-foot , 158-foot wide Chinese container ship — will move into position on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal just after after sunrise Sunday to prepare for the first official transit through the newly expanded canal....

Coast Guard medevacs sick man 75 miles off Nantucket (USCG - United States Coast Guard)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Jun 2016
(Source. USCG - United States Coast Guard). Coast Guard Stock Image ... At approximately 10 a.m ... The Hanjin Baltimore is a German flagged 984-foot container ship. Saving Lives and Guarding the Coast Since 1790. The United States Coast Guard -- Proud History. Powerful Future ... (noodl....

Coast Guard medevacs sick man 75 miles off Nantucket (United States Coast Guard - 1st District Northeast)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Jun 2016
(Source. United States Coast Guard - 1st District Northeast). Coast Guard Stock Image ... At approximately 10 a.m ... The Hanjin Baltimore is a German flagged 984-foot container ship. Saving Lives and Guarding the Coast Since 1790. The United States Coast Guard -- Proud History. Powerful Future....
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