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Work continues on the third set of locks during the Panama Canal Expansion project Wednesday.

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The Panama Canal Authority is overseeing the multi-billion-dollar expansion of the canal to make it wider and deeper so that larger boats can pass through.

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Northeastern and Southern states are scrambling to be the destination point for the giant “post-Panamax” freighters.

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The "post-Panamax" freighters will carry goods from Asia directly to and from the East Coast of the United States.

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Container ships dock at the Balboa Port in Panama.