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Up until 1961 there were very , very few vessels that were built that were in excess of 60,000 deadweight tons . ... the canal is based upon tonnage , and is based upon the beam of your vessel , the restriction on beam being 107 feet .
Up until 1961 there were very , very few vessels that were built that were in excess of 60,000 deadweight tons . ... the canal is based upon tonnage , and is based upon the beam of your vessel , the restriction on beam being 107 feet .
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and new 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 ...
and new 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 ...
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Let me continue with the reading of the article : General - cargo 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 ...
Let me continue with the reading of the article : General - cargo 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 ...
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Contents
1 Senator Edmund Muskie February 28 1978 | 206 |
Laxalt March 1 1978 | 218 |
177 | 272 |
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| Title | Senate Debate on the Panama Canal Treaties: A Compendium of Major Statements, Documents, Record Votes, and Relevant Events U.S. and Panama and their canal : the diplomatic and legal record |
| Author | Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service |
| Contributor | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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