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MHI designs new bulk carrier enabling 25% reduction in CO2 emissions; ADM buying three

Green Car Congress

“Post-Panamax” class refers to the ships that are unable to travel through the Panama Canal and “new post-Panamax” refers to the size limit of ships that will be able to travel through the Panama Canal after its planned expansion is completed in 2014: 366m in length overall (LOA), 49m in width and 15.2m

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Costa Rica to become Latin American electric-car pioneer?

Green Car Reports

The Central American country ,wedged between Nicaragua and Panama, is home to 4.8 million people who buy just 154,000 vehicles annually—less than 1 percent of the sales in the United States. Costa Rica isn't what you'd call a bastion of automotive sales. But that won't deter the Costa Rican government from greening its fleet.

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Junkyard Find: 2018 Chevrolet Beat Sedan

The Truth About Cars

Thanks to the long reach of the mighty GM empire, it was possible for car shoppers in Latin America to buy an Indian-made third-generation Daewoo Matiz with Chevrolet badges. Immediately after a Chevy Beat saves you from the zombies, enjoy smartphone integration at no extra cost (Panama). Sigue tu Beat (Mexico).

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GM’s next electric pickup truck might actually be a Hyundai or vice versa

Baua Electric

Meanwhile, China’s BYD launched its first pickup truck, the Shark PHEV , in Mexico, Brazil, Panama, and other countries as it expands overseas. Would you buy a Hyundai and GM co-made electric pickup? Ford’s Ranger and the Toyota Hilux are some of the top-selling pickups in Latin America. Let us know in the comments below.

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The Maya Train Will Get You to All of Yucatán’s Best Spots. But Not Yet.

Baua Electric

Panama hats and a cramped van My plan for the day was to go by taxi to Bécal, a town where Panama hats are woven in limestone caves to keep the fibers soft, and then pick up the afternoon train in nearby Calkiní for the port city of Campeche. You cannot buy tickets online more than a week in advance.

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Standby Cruising: A New Option for Bargain Seekers

Baua Electric

For beverages, we would wait until happy hour, when it was buy one, get one free.” A repositioning itinerary might sail in the fall from Alaska to the Caribbean via the Panama Canal. We didn’t miss it at all,” Ms. Valloney said. Will other companies follow suit? To date, no other cruise lines have adopted standby programs.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Yeah, go buy a 59k Tesla that can go 200 miles… then your screwed, sure go park and get a hotel and charge it for 8 hours… then go another 200 miles, great for long trips i’m sure. Most people would have bought a new car years ago, but I didn’t because nothing worth buying was on the market. — Ken Smith 4.

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