President Xi inspects Panama Canal locks

  • Posted by David Sexton
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  • 9 December, 2018
PRESIDENT of China Xi Jinping has inspected the new neo-panamax locks at the Panama Canal as part of a visit to the small Central American nation. President Xi and his Panamanian counterpart President Juan Carlos Varela visited the neo-panamax locks and also talked to the captain of the ship Cosco Shipping Rose, a Hong Kong-flagged box ship. According to a Cosco statement, the two heads of state and their spouses then had a photo in front of the vessel.
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Posted by David Sexton

David Sexton is DCN’s senior journalist and has an extensive career across online and print media. A former DCN editor, he returns to covering shipping and logistics after a four-year hiatus working at Monash University during which time he managed production of key reports into the Indonesian ports and rail sectors.

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