New Panama Canal Locks Open (with apparent scaling error)

from The "Panama Daily Construction Report "

Now fully operational, 3.1 Billion expansion of Panama Canal reveals possible error in blueprint scale conversion. Smaller cargo ship/tugboats than originally specified for in winning construction bid are suspected of somewhat slowing the flow of cargo :

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Cute.

I was stationed in Panama for a couple of years, and believe it or not I saw the USS Enterprise slide though with only a couple of feet to spare. My goodness, one can only imagine the size of freighters passing through there now.