Panama locks filling begins
Jan de Nul Group’s involvement in the building of the new Panama Canal locks is coming to an end, as the filling of the new infrastructure has begun on the Atlantic side.
A consortium including Jan de Nul Group has been building two lock complexes since 2010. Each complex has three lock chambers, of which each chamber has approximately the same size of Antwerp’s Berendrecht Lock.
During the first phase, which will take seven days, no less than 6 million m³ is needed for the filling of the locks, with a flow of 50,000 m³ per hour.
In less than a year the passage through the renewed Panama locks will be possible for maritime traffic, increasing the capacity of the Panama Canal by 80%.
By Rachael Doyle
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