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ampliación del Canal

Also spelled: el tercer juego de esclusas · neopanamax

Definition

A third set of locks inaugurated in June 2016, approved by Panamanians in a 2006 referendum. It opened the Canal to far larger ships and gave world trade a new measurement: the neopanamax size.

Example

Since the expansion, ships pass that never fit before.Después de la ampliación pasan barcos que antes no cabían.

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See also

Canal de Panamáesclusas de Mirafloresla reversiónGatún

More in History

10 de noviembre de 182120 de diciembre27 de febrero de 185228 de noviembre de 18213 de noviembre de 19034 de noviembre

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