JOC's Szakonyi Tours Panama Canal During Expansion Project (Video)

On the first day of a two-day Panama Canal tour, JOC Editor Mark Szakonyi checks out a Hamburg Sud container ship pass through the canal. The $5.25 billion expansion project, slated to be completed in 2014, will double the canal capacity while Panama aims to become a major Latin American logistics hub.

Part Two: Szakonyi Tours Port of Colon, Free Trade Zone

-- Contact Mark Szakonyi at mszakonyi@joc.com. Follow him on Twitter @Szakonyi_JOC

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