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31 Jul 2015 / Panama, Panama Canal

First gates moved to new locks for Canal expansion

The Panama Canal expansion has reached another important milestone with the transfer of the first gates to the new locks complex in the Atlantic side.... ....The process was carried out following rigorous safety measures to ensure that the more than 3,000-ton steel structures could be moved to the dry lock chambers using the pavement ramp built for this purpose. Eight of the 16 rolling gates that will be used for the new locks are already in Panama. The remaining eight will arrive in two separate shipments from its manufacturing site in Italy. In the next couple of days, the other gates will be moved from the temporary unloading dock to the dry lock chambers to be able to use the area for the arrival of the remaining lock gates. The Panama Canal Expansion Program is currently 77% complete. (For information about operations in Panama contact GAC-Wilford & McKay at [email protected]) Source: Extract from Panama Canal Authority press release

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