Panama Canal’s Widening Project in 2014 and Its Affect on SWFL



Tuesday, April 13 @ noon on 90.1/91.7 FM

When the Panama Canal expansion is completed in four years, how will it affect commerce all the way across the Gulf of Mexico in Southwest Florida? Experts say the canal’s new allowance for super-sized cargo ships and transformed shipping routes could change Florida’s economic landscape. Can Southwest Florida become poised to take advantage of the windfall of traffic from the widened canal or will it be left behind?