This'll free up some capacity on the rails!

[Ryan]

http://gcaptain.com/nicaragua-government-oks-40-billion-dollar-canal-projec/

MANAGUA, June 13 (Reuters) Nicaraguan lawmakers granted a 50-year concession to a Chinese company on Thursday for it to design, build and manage a shipping channel across the Central American nation that would compete with the Panama Canal.
The $40 billion proposal by HK Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co Ltds (HKND Group) calls for linking Nicaraguas Caribbean and Pacific coasts and includes plans for two free-trade zones, a railway, an oil pipeline and airports.

 

[railiner]

The way the Chinese are going...is it just a matter of time before they try to build a supertollway or a railway across the US?

Think it can't happen?

Don't be so sure....money talks.....

 

[FriskyFL]

So much for the Monroe Doctrine.

 

[Eyegor]

Another reader of gcaptain. Awesome.

 

[George Harris]

So much for the Monroe Doctrine.

It's in the same box with "Speak softly and carry a big stick."

 

[Ryan]

Is that the box labeled "stop talking about politics"?

Eyegor, Gcap is awesome, some great sea stories there.