International water carriers operate with oceangoing, deep-water ships. How will

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International water carriers operate with oceangoing, deep-water ships. How will this mode of freight transportation be affected by expansion of the Panama Canal? a. Shippers will incur lower costs compared with the rates for other transportation modes. b. Large ships that carry "reefers" will come under closer scrutiny by foreign officials unfamiliar with this term. c. Larger-sized ships will be able to pass through the all-water route from Asia to the Atlantic Coast of the United States d. Competition will be created in port cities along the Atlantic Coast since the amount of freight coming through the canal will be limited. e. Ships that operate on the Great Lakes transporting iron ore from Minnesota will be able to use this route.

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The Panama Canal expansion project (Spanish: ampliación del Canal de Panamá), also called the Third Set of Locks Project, doubled the capacity of the Panama Canal by adding a new lane of traffic allowing for a larger number of ships, and increasing the width and depth of the lanes and locks allowing larger ships to pass. The new ships, called New Panamax, are about one and a half times the previous Panamax size and can carry over twice as much cargo. The expanded canal began commercial operation on 26 June 2016.

Thus expanded Panama canal will allow passage of large size ships. Since Panama canal joins Pacific Ocean and Atlantic ocean in the shortest possible way , larger ships arriving from south east and far east asia can now transit to atlantic coast of USA.

Therefore , correct answer would be “ LARGER SIZED SHIPS WILL BE ABLE TO PASS THROUGH THE ALL WATER ROUTE FROM ASIA TO ATLANTIC COAST OF USA “

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