Vessel capacity restrictions in the fleet deployment problem: an application to the Panama Canal
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DOI: 10.1007/s10479-016-2262-9
Abstract: This paper analyses the consequences of the upcoming Panama Canal expansion using a liner fleet deployment model (LFDM) applied to the container shipment routing problem. As the canal capacity will be increased in 2016 from… read more here.
Keywords: vessel capacity; panama canal; problem; fleet deployment ... See more keywords
Smectites: The key to the cost overruns in the construction of the third set of locks of the Panama Canal
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.106036
Abstract: Abstract The third set of locks of the Panama Canal is one the most impressive civil infrastructures in the world. Its construction, however, was delayed by two years incurring cost overruns in billions that were… read more here.
Keywords: panama canal; set locks; third set; construction ... See more keywords
From museum to archives: managing the Panama Canal Museum Collection
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DOI: 10.1080/23257962.2017.1407749
Abstract: Abstract In 2012, the Panama Canal Museum in Florida closed and donated its collection to the University of Florida (UF) after the museum board decided that it could not sustain independent operations. The collection, which… read more here.
Keywords: museum; panama canal; canal museum; collection ... See more keywords
Tom and Thode’s excellent adventure: Practical guidance on surviving seedy bars, preparing for a DJ career, dismantling the U.S. Panama Canal zone, and other useful tips when working with towed acoustic arrays in the Eastern Tropical Pacific
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DOI: 10.1121/10.0004385
Abstract: Tom Norris used many acoustic tools in his research career, but it is safe to say that towed passive acoustic arrays were one of his specialties. In 1998 the National Marine Fisheries Service conducted the… read more here.
Keywords: eastern tropical; tropical pacific; panama canal; canal zone ... See more keywords