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the ACP will rent a ship post-Panamax in sight of the widening of the channel of Panama hat
It will be employed in order to form the staff to the transit of unit of greater dimension
May 30, 2014
The authority that steers the marine traffic in the channel of Panama hat has announced that, in sight of the inauguration of the closed new realized for the widening of Central American water way the previewed for the first half of the next year, will rent a ship post-Panamax, that is of advanced width to 32,31 meters (106 feet), to the aim to form the staff that will be charged of the operation of the closed new, that is of the pilots and of the commanders of the tugs that assist the ships in the transit through the channel.
The Autoridad of the Canal de Panama City (the ACP) has specified that, by means of tests realized with the current locks, already from 2011 are on activity in order to form the staff to assist the transit of ships post-Panamax without the aid of locomotives, but only of the tugs, so as it will happen with the closed new.
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