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Re:First big containerships en route to the Panama Canal by niftich on Thursday June 16, 2016 @01:21AM (#11914173)
They're referring to global (i.e. shipping) geography with regard to east-west, not local geography.

The convention is actually to call the Atlantic side 'north' and the Pacific side 'south'.

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Re:First big containerships en route to the Panama Canal by alienasa on Thursday June 16, 2016 @08:56AM (#11915747)
Because it is actually 'north' and 'south'. Somewhat unexpectedly, the Atlantic exit of the canal is actually west of the Pacific exit.
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