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Panama Canal Authority Announces Expansion Inauguration Date

[ March 29, 2016   //   Gary G Burrows ]

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced on March 23 that the Panama Canal Expansion will be officially inaugurated on Sunday, June 26, 2016.
The announcement was made this morning during the inauguration ceremony of the Canal’s state-of-the-art Scale Model Maneuvering Training Facility, which will provide additional hands-on experience to pilots and tugboat captains to operate in the Expanded Panama Canal.
The President of Panama, Juan Carlos Verela, was in attendance at the inauguration ceremony, along with the Panama Canal Board of Directors Chairman, Roberto Roy, and other distinguished members of the Board.

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