Canal Locks to Come From Italy

The Italian company Cimolai will manufacture the gates for the new Panama Canal locks.

Friday, May 27, 2011

The 16 twenty eight foot gates that make up the locks of the new Panama Canal will be built by an Italian company that was subcontracted by Grupo Unidos por el Canal, led by the Spanish company Sacyr Vallehermoso.

So far work has progressed according to plan. The excavation in the locks on the Pacific side has been concluded for the most part, while in the Atlantic the excavation material removed amounts to 5.9 million cubic meters.

A Nación.com article states: "The ACP maintains a constant review of work being done by the GUPC in order to meet the agreed specifications in the bidding for the construction of the new set of locks for the canal, this group was awarded the tender of $3,118 million which must be completed by 2014. "

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