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Another alternative for the Panama Canal is already being built in Mexico, It's called "Corredor Interoceanico Itzmo de Tehuantepec" It'll be completed next year, it will transport shipping containers from the port of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca (Pacific Ocean) to the port of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz (Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic Ocean). It'll take 10hrs to transport the shipping containers from one ocean to the other compared to 2-3 days that usually takes through the Panama Canal...
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A comparison to the Panama Canal is not apt since the Corridor isn't intended to be used in the same way. The Panama Canal is a transit point for global shipping that vastly reduces shipping times. The Bi-Oceanic Corridor is a way for the interior of South America to get its products to the global market, Asia in particular. It wouldn't make sense to use the Corridor in the same way as the Panama Canal, as docking the ship at a port in Chile, offloading the cargo onto trains and trucks to send 2250km to a Brazilian port, just to load it back on a ship and continue its journey would be costly and more time consuming than just going through the Canal or around the Horn. It's an apples and oranges comparison to compare a canal to a transnational highway/rail/seaport network. Other than that, I agree with the analysis, though I'd appreciate greater effort in getting the names right on maps. I can understand non-native pronunciation won't be perfect, and that's fine, but there's little excuse to have so many mistakes on the map.
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Great video!
As expected, the corridor is primed to be one of the largest infrastructure projects of the century, and as such, contract offers have already started pouring in. After all, the corridor bears similarity to the Interoceanic Highway, which has recently made headlines for the deforestation of 680,000 acres of Amazonian rainforest in its path.
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Interesting, great information. About the ports, this is an important fact: the Santos is not the only port in the Atlantic, there are several others that are very important in the region, such as Paranagua, Itajai, Rio Grande, all in Brazil. You also can consider the ports of Montevideo (Uruguay) and Buenos Aires (Argentina) - there are others, modern ports in construction too, mostly in Brazil's Southern region.
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My experience in South America is that they can get infrastructure built, but the funds to maintain such things seems to disappear due to corruption.
These countries used to have great rail networks.
Their political systems allow for a lot of corruption and a lot of influence by a small wealthy upper class and mega corporations.
These countries have a pot of potential but corruption, lack of rule of law, and political instability is preventing their development.
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@derhuhu3375
1 year ago
This project can only become useful for large-scale trade if a railway network is being built. Transport on roads is just too expensive, and their capacity too low. They may help locally in remote regions, for example, but cannot really improve the national economy significantly.
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