Alberto Aleman Zubieta, CEO of the Panama Canal Authority, declined to pick sides in the race between Charleston and Savannah to deepen their harbors for the huge cargo ships that soon will be moving through the Panama Canal.
Political firefights that attempt to stymie the efforts of one port over another to deepen their harbors can hurt both sides, Aleman said.
Aleman noted that only the Port of Virginia and one terminal at the Port of New York already can handle the bigger ships.