The Rival to the Panama Canal That Was Never Built

Re:The Rival to the Panama Canal That Was Never Built by Simulacra on Saturday August 26, 2023 @05:40PM (#37277162)

In the early 1900s, the United States had two options: build a canal across Nicaragua, or, through Panama. The US Senate voted for the Panama option.

Estimates of how much it would cost to build a Nicaraguan Canal ...upwards of $40bn

I looked it up, the Nicaraguan Canal would have been about 170 miles, so $40bn for 170 miles. From a modern day engineering standpoint, putting aside lawyers, environmentalists, government, etc. how hard is it to build 170 miles of canal?

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Re:The Rival to the Panama Canal That Was Never Built by rmason on Saturday August 26, 2023 @05:46PM (#37277210)

Mexico's plan to offload containers onto rail cars and then reload them back into ships waiting on the Atlantic side might make more sense financially. Anything heading to US East coast ports could be railed directly saving reloading.

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Re:The Rival to the Panama Canal That Was Never Built by electricships on Saturday August 26, 2023 @06:15PM (#37277390)

Egypt recently completed an extension to the Suez canal

Turkey is also building a canal from the black sea.

you can look up the costs. both of these countries are very regulation-light...

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