Aerial View of the Panama Canal Expansion

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24 March 2015 10:25 WIB

An aerial view of the Gatun locks on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal is seen during an organised media tour by Italy's Salini Impregilo, one of the main sub contractors of the Panama Canal Expansion project on the outskirts of Colon City March 23, 2015. The expansion project area will allow bigger ships to transit, with two new sets of locks, one on the Pacific side and one on the Atlantic side. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

24 Maret 2015 00:00 WIB

An aerial view of the construction site of the Panama Canal Expansion project is seen during an organised media tour by Italy's Salini Impregilo, one of the main sub contractors of the Panama Canal Expansion project, in Panama City March 23, 2015. The expansion project area will allow bigger ships to transit, with two new sets of locks, one on the Pacific side and one on the Atlantic side. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

24 Maret 2015 00:00 WIB

This aerial view shows a cargo ship sailing through the Culebra Cut, during a media tour organized by Salini Impregilo, sub-contractor of the canal expansion project, in Panama City, Panama, Monday, March 23, 2015. The Panama Canal is undergoing the biggest expansion since it opened in 1914, which will allow larger Post-Panamax ships to cross the canal. AP/Arnulfo Franco

24 Maret 2015 00:00 WIB

A merchant ship sails along the Panama Canal, on March 23, 2015. Over the past 20 years or so, traffic on the worlds oceans has quadrupled. Ships now carry 95 percent of the cargo imported to American shores. To move those goods more quickly and cheaply, cargo ships have grown nearly four times bigger--and many are now too large to fit through the Panama Canal. RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP/Getty Images

24 Maret 2015 00:00 WIB

An aerial view of the Gatun locks on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal is seen during an organised media tour by Italy's Salini Impregilo, one of the main sub contractors of the Panama Canal Expansion project, on the outskirts of Colon City March 23, 2015. The expansion project area will allow bigger ships to transit, with two new sets of locks, one on the Pacific side and one on the Atlantic side. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

24 Maret 2015 00:00 WIB

This aerial view shows container ships passing through the Gatun Locks during a media tour organized by contractor Salini Impregilo, in Gatun, Panama, Monday, March 23, 2015. The Panama Canal expansion is undergoing the biggest expansion since it opened in 1914, which will allow larger Post-Panamax ships to cross the canal. AP/Arnulfo Franco

24 Maret 2015 00:00 WIB