http://wkms.org en http://wkms.org/post/panama-canal-expansions-effect-paducah-ports <p>The Panama Canal expansion project promises to increase river traffic in our region, but to service those ships, area ports will need to invest money to make the ports accommodate large ships.&nbsp; The Alabama Port Authority has made some of those investments in Mobile.&nbsp; Vice President of trade and development for the port authority Mark Sheppard spoke to Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce members as a follow-up to a Transportation Summit the Chamber held in May 2011. Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:00:00 +0000 Casey Northcutt 20580 at http://wkms.org Panama Canal expansion's effect on Paducah ports http://wkms.org/post/panama-canal-expansion-could-be-chance-increased-paducah-port-traffic <p>Discussion at this morning&rsquo;s Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce Power in Partnership breakfast focused on benefits western Kentucky ports will see with the expansion of the Panama Canal.&nbsp;</p><p> Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:07:27 +0000 Casey Northcutt 20520 at http://wkms.org Panama Canal Expansion Could be a Chance for Increased Paducah Port Traffic