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As Panama Canal Expands, City ‘Located Perfectly’:

For months, those in the Memphis logistics trade have talked about the coming impact of the Panama Canal expansion, slated for completion in 2014. The potential is the accommodation of larger ships carrying more containers to eastern seaboard ports as well as Texas’ Port of Houston and those goods moving from the east and south through Memphis via truck and train. Peter Hurme, the publisher and senior editor of Cargo Business News, later in the year told those in the industry he is confident Memphis can handle more cargo from larger vessels arriving in those ports. To continue reading, click here.