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Impacts of the Locks Enlargement on the Access to the Panama Canal on Maritime Container Transport in the Central American Region

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The Panama Canal is of great importance in international maritime freight transport. With the completion of the locks currently being constructed this importance will increase significantly more as the locks are designed to serve the Post-Panama Class vessels. This will thus lead to changes of worldwide shipping routes due to the fact that completely new and more (cost) efficient connections in transcontinental maritime freight transport will be feasible. This especially affects the Caribbean region so that logistical structures have to be adapted appropriately. In this paper the routes that are likely to change are presented and then a multi-level (and functionally differentiated) harbor network will be outlined. The objective is to establish sustainable shipping routes leading through the Caribbean to ensure an efficient supply of goods in the region in the long-term.

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  1. Berlin School of Economics and Law, Badensche Str. 52, 10825, Berlin, Germany

    Joachim R. Daduna & Melina Hanisch

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  1. University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany

    Jan Dethloff

  2. ISL - Institut für Seeverkehrswirtschaft und Logistik, Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Hans-Dietrich Haasis

  3. Dept. of Logistics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

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  4. University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

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Daduna, J.R., Hanisch, M. (2015). Impacts of the Locks Enlargement on the Access to the Panama Canal on Maritime Container Transport in the Central American Region. In: Dethloff, J., Haasis, HD., Kopfer, H., Kotzab, H., Schönberger, J. (eds) Logistics Management. Lecture Notes in Logistics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13177-1_17

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