“With the new locks, the Panama Canal is able to handle vessels with overall length of 366 m (1201 feet), 49 meters beam (increased by the Canal Authority effective 1 June 2018 to 51.25 meters, to accommodate ships with 20 rows of containers) and 15.2 meters draft, and cargo capacity up to 14,000 twenty-foot equivalent”Florida port authority tells cargo vessels to divert to sunshine state
Florida officials say they can save Christmas by welcoming steamships stranded in California to the Jacksonville port via the Panama canal (map pictured). Florida's port (inset) has available spacewww.dailymail.co.uk
One of several issues with this is most ships are to big to use the canal.
Another is there enough railroad capacity to handle the new influx or is FL just going to be used as a parking spot?
Yeah retailers are the true meaning of Christmas.
Duluth, Mn. could probably handle a few of the medium size cargo ships. They handle 1,000 foot iron oar ships every day. Next year bigger cruise ships are suppose to make their way there.Florida port authority tells cargo vessels to divert to sunshine state
Florida officials say they can save Christmas by welcoming steamships stranded in California to the Jacksonville port via the Panama canal (map pictured). Florida's port (inset) has available space
One of several issues with this is most ships are to big to use the canal.
Another is there enough railroad capacity to handle the new influx or is FL just going to be used as a parking spot?
True believer.
Vikings
Usually not until mid Jan. They do use a Coast Guard ice breaker in the harbor until the last ship leaves.
Ok Mr. Funny, leave the old guy alone, he only has one ore in the water at his age.
I would agree except most retailers rely on the Christmas season to make they’re profit for the year. This is going to stress them even more than they are, some will probably go bankrupt. More drag on the economy. Eventually it will touch everyone.
My brother works for the South Carolina Port Authority and he was saying this is one of the main issues, as well the price that is charged for a ship to even go through the canal. Then there is also the factor that most ports are shorthanded already. I love DeSantis, but it isn't that easy to just reroute large, overloaded shipping vessels.Florida port authority tells cargo vessels to divert to sunshine state
Florida officials say they can save Christmas by welcoming steamships stranded in California to the Jacksonville port via the Panama canal (map pictured). Florida's port (inset) has available space
One of several issues with this is most ships are to big to use the canal.
Another is there enough railroad capacity to handle the new influx or is FL just going to be used as a parking spot?
The Panama Canal can handle a lot of those ships waiting in the Pacific. They recently upgraded their lock system. Probably not the very biggest, but pretty big. Instead of giving a billion dollars to illegals the Biden Administration should pay the fees to get ships through who can get through.
that, you clowns have a tough time beating a Lion from Detroit.
