(Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 4, 2012)
RICHMOND, Va. — It’s 2,440 miles from Panama to Virginia, but events in that far-off Central American country soon will be having an impact on the Old Dominion’s economic life. In 2014, the Panama Canal will complete a $5.3 billion expansion that will double the waterway’s capacity, and allow new giant container ships to transit the canal.
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