据《Diesel&Gas Turbine Worldwide》2015年3月刊报道,2006年巴拿马运河管理局起草计划使用52.25亿美元扩大巴拿马运河通航能力时,将注意力主要集中在使下世纪更大船舶能够通过该80 km水域。扩建极为重要,对于LNG(液化天然气)运输船来说,该运河太窄小。扩建后,该运河将能够应对世界上 As reported by the March 2013 issue of “Diesel & Gas Turbine Worldwide”, the Panama Canal Authority drafted a plan in 2006 to spend 5.225 billion U.S. dollars on expanding the capacity of the Panama Canal to focus its attention on enabling the passage of larger ships in the next century through the 80-km waters. Expansion is extremely important, and for LNG (liquefied natural gas) carriers, the canal is too narrow. After the expansion, the canal will be able to cope with the world