Panama Canal expansion reaches important milestones

摘要

The Panama Canal Expansion is moving forward to achieve its goal of enhancing the waterway's capacity in order to provide a better service to customers. To date, the Programme registers a 60.4% progress. "The Panama Canal Expansion will enhance the value of the Panama route," Panama Canal Administrator Jorge L Quijano said. "We are focused on the Third Set of Locks project, which is one of the key projects of the Expansion Programme." The Expansion Programme has achieved many important milestones. Both entrances of the Panama Canal are ready for bigger ships, since the deepening and widening of the Atlantic and Pacific access channels have been completed. The dredging of Gatun Lake is expected to be completed by the end of this year. The Pacific Access Channel has reached the design depth and the dam that will divide the new channel from Miraflores Lake is under construction.