Port Manatee allies with Panama Canal

Port Manatee allies with Panama Canal    Port Manatee has signed an agreement with the Panama Canal Authority that seeks to increase trade by soliciting shippers worldwide through collaborative marketing and information sharing.
   The port said it is the 10th U.S. port to sign such a deal.
   The agreement “formalizes a relationship we have enjoyed for nearly 40 years and demonstrates the canal's confidence in Port Manatee's future as a container port. In time, that confidence will result in thousands of regional jobs,” predicted David L. McDonald, the port’s executive director.