Video: Panama Canal Expansion Program Update – March 2015

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, doubling the waterway’s capacity.

The new locks will have three chambers, water-saving basins, lateral filling and emptying system & rolling gates.

Reference: Panama Canal/YouTube

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  1. Good day Dear sirs
    I’m ocean going vessels navigator. I’m crossed Panama Canal some times, but the vessel, where I’m served was 25 000 gross tonnage. What maximum draft will be new line Panama Canal?

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