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Figure 2: Panamax Versus Post-Panamax

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Figure 2: Panamax Versus Post-Panamax

Figure 2: Panamax Versus Post-Panamax. If you are a user with disability and cannot view this image, call 800-853-1351

This diagram illustrates the relative dimensions of current Panamax versus Post-Panamax containerships. The larger Post-Panamax vessels will be able to fit through the expanded Panama Canal, which the Panama Canal Authority has scheduled for completion in 2014.

SOURCE: Diagram based upon Panama Canal Authority, Proposal for the Expansion of the Panama Canal: Third Set of Locks Project (April 24, 2006). Figure 30. Available at http://www.pancanal.com/ as of August 2010.