With more than 60 percent of Panama Canal traffic originating from or moving to the East Coast of the United States, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced a move to boost U.S.-Asia trade through a strategic alliance with the Dallas NAFTA Trade Corridor Coalition (DNTCC). The DNTCC is working in collaboration with the U.S. Maritime Administration to pursue the development of an agile port system in southern Dallas County to improve the speed and efficiencies of cargo movement between the Port of Dallas and various domestic and international seaports. The ACP-DNTCC alliance will increase cooperation – such as joint marketing – between these two entities and seek to boost trade along the “All-Water Route,” the route from Asia to the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts via the Panama Canal.
