Attendees of the U.S. Grains Council’s 9th International Marketing Conference and 52nd Annual Membership Meeting got a firsthand look at the construction of the Panama Canal expansion.
More than 325 participants loaded several busses and traveled to the Miraflores Visitor Center and the construction site of the new locks, located directly opposite of the Miraflores locks. The Miraflores Visitor Center is located at the Miraflores Locks on the Pacific side of the Canal.
Here, participants observed transiting vessels from two observation platforms which overlook the locks. They toured the museum that documents the history of the construction of the Canal and the important role that it plays in world commerce. The visitor center is the construction site for the third set of locks which will be operational in 2014 on the 100-year anniversary of the Canal’s inauguration.