The Panama Canal is one of the busiest water ways in the maritime world, transiting hundreds of ships each week. With the increase in its popularity, the Canal is facing several problems including congestion is traffic as the gravest one. The Panama Canal Expansion Project will alleviate all these problems. Read more for the benefits of the expansion of the Panama Channel.
Today, following the Expanded Panama Canal’s first month of operations, the Panama Canal Administrator presented representatives of shipping lines and shipping agents with an update on the operations of the Expanded Canal, ensuring customers about the safe operation of the new locks.
Watch this amazing 4K construction time-lapse movie of Panama Canal Expansion, showcasing progress from March 2011 to June 2016. Watch over 5 years of progress in just 2 minutes with HD photos and panoramic imagery.
The largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, the Panama Canal Expansion Program consists of a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks, increasing the waterway’s capacity.
Each lock chamber of Panama Canal will have three water-saving basins, which will reuse 60 percent of the water in each transit and use 7% less water than the existing locks.
The largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, the Panama Canal Expansion Program will create a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks, increasing the waterway’s capacity.
Watch the process to fill the new channel that will connect Culebra Cut to the new locks in the Pacific side began, as part of the Panama Canal Expansion Program’s fourth phase of the Pacific Access Channel (PAC-4).
With the project 91% completed, the Panama Canal Expansion has reached its final stretch.
The largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, the Panama Canal Expansion Program will create a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks, increasing the waterway’s capacity.