Panama expansion continues alongside negotiations
Thursday the building consortium on the Panama Canal, GUPC, will resume work on the canal expansion project, says the Panama Canal Authority. However, the dispute between the two parties is far from resolved.
BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN
Thursday work will resume on the Panama Canal expansion, once building consortium GUPC goes back to work, says the Panama Canal Authority according to Reuters. However, this does not mean that the budget dispute - related to USD 1.6 billion in overspending on the expansion - is over, and the two parties have allocated the next 72 hours to find solutions for the key points of contention.
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