date:Jun 27, 2016
e Panama Canal.
The Panama Canal expansion has coincided with New Zealand ports either carrying out or preparing to carry out dredging work to increase their own capacity.
Although enlarged New Zealand ports will still not be anywhere near the capacity of the new Panama Canal, they will be able to handle bigger vessels than those that have used the canal up until now.
Foreign cargo vessels make almost 5000 visits to New Zealand ports annually.
The fees charged by those ship owners are historic