DredgeWire14 Jul 2026Market
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On 9 July 2026 the Panama Canal Authority closed the prequalification window for two container terminal concessions at Corozal (Pacific) and Telfers (Atlantic), a combined build estimated at USD 2.5 billion that would lift canal-side container capacity from roughly 9.5 million to 15 million TEU. The prequalification stage is a pass/fail gate requiring applicants to demonstrate at least eight years as a terminal operator, six terminals run in the past year and six million boxes handled in their most recent year, while the rules bar any single operator from holding both terminals and the separate interoceanic pipeline.