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\"Aerial-rendering-of-the-Pacific-access\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In April 2016,<\/strong> the Panama Canal Authority is slated to open an expanded, widened canal, doubling the capacity between the Atlantic and the Pacific. It will allow freighters carrying up to 14,000 containers to pass, triple the previous limit, and alter the routes that shipping companies use to carry goods in and out of American ports.<\/p>\n

But, even with the interest in importing liquefied natural gas to Hawaii, shipping and energy companies say the expansion means little to the Islands.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will have no impact on the Hawaii market,\u201d says Keoni Wagner, spokesman for Matson. The company\u2019s 21 ships and four barges bring goods to Hawaii from Seattle, Oakland and Long Beach, California, 28 times each month. The expansion won\u2019t alter the company\u2019s routes or impact the cost of shipping.<\/p>\n

Hawaii Gas has put out bids to companies to bring LNG to the Islands. Hawaii Gas senior VP Joseph Boivin says the canal\u2019s expansion won\u2019t make or break Hawaii\u2019s LNG trade.<\/p>\n

\u201cHawaii brings in oil every few weeks in barges off Barbers Point,\u201d he says. \u201cIt hasn\u2019t been inhibited by the fact that Panama Canal hasn\u2019t been widened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boivin says his company will likely invest an estimated $320 million in expanding local use of LNG. \u201cIn its most simplistic form, there would a ship off Barbers Point about one mile and a pipeline connecting it to shore,\u201d he says. \u201cThe\u00a0vessel floating offshore would be owned and operated by a third party and the pipeline would be owned and operated by Hawaii Gas.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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