Senate Debate on the Panama Canal Treaties: A Compendium of Major Statements, Documents, Record Votes, and Relevant Events |
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... vessels that were built that were in excess of 60,000 deadweight tons . Let me just state here parenthetically that the ability to get through the canal is based upon tonnage , and is based upon the beam of your vessel , the restriction ...
... vessels that were built that were in excess of 60,000 deadweight tons . Let me just state here parenthetically that the ability to get through the canal is based upon tonnage , and is based upon the beam of your vessel , the restriction ...
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... vessels are being added . Most of these new vessels - according to the last figures we have , 66 percent of these new vessels - will not be able to transit the present Panama Canal . The next chart I show takes this construction growth ...
... vessels are being added . Most of these new vessels - according to the last figures we have , 66 percent of these new vessels - will not be able to transit the present Panama Canal . The next chart I show takes this construction growth ...
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... vessels , now increasingly specialized as a result of the con- tainer revolution , are also growing in average size , and in fact the largest vessels to transit the canal to date have been the British - registered container ships Tokyo ...
... vessels , now increasingly specialized as a result of the con- tainer revolution , are also growing in average size , and in fact the largest vessels to transit the canal to date have been the British - registered container ships Tokyo ...
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1 Senator Edmund Muskie February 28 1978 | 206 |
Laxalt March 1 1978 | 218 |
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