Colon, Panama, Aug 21 (EFE).Colon, Panama, Aug 21 (EFE). — The first four lock gates for the Panama Canal expansion project arrived at the Atlantic entrance of the interoceanic waterway ...

PANAMA CITY — The Panama Canal is installing the last of 16 giant lock gates that are a key part of the waterway’s multibillion-dollar expansion. Tuesday’s installation of the 4,232-ton gate ...

The Panama Canal ... lock complexes in the Pacific and Atlantic sides will feature three chambers, three water-saving basins per chamber, a lateral filling and emptying system and rolling gates.

Last week the first gate for the new locks on the Pacific side was installed, marking another important milestone for the Panama Canal expansion. It was carried to its final destination on ...

A recently approved expansion plan will double canal capacity by 2015. In late August, traffic jams at the Atlantic and Pacific entrances to the Panama ... gates, which are stored in recesses in ...

From their vantage point in cranes overlooking the Panama ... The canal authority says it invests more than $400 million a year in maintenance projects. Canal managers say each chamber of the locks is ...

In a major milestone for the Panama Canal Expansion Program, the first four gates for the new locks have arrived from the port of Trieste, Italy to the waterway's Atlantic side on board the semi ...