1. Day 3
Wednesday, July 10th – Maersk and APM Terminals
Daan Jumelet – PIANC YPCom Delegate NL – DEME
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2. Shipping and Container Operations
in the Canal
Presentation 1: Mr. Buitrago, Business Performance and Communication
Presentation 2: Mr. Cumberbatch, Panama Canal & Husbandry Manager
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3. Transit Facts
•1,040,000 transitions since august 15, 1914
•Maersk holds the highest ranking in the TRS
•The fastest transit: 2 hours and 41 minutes in June 1979
•The highest toll is paid by M.V. Maersk Danbury on
September 17, 2012: $470,720 USD
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4. Comparison between sailing around or
using Panama Locks
Using
Panama locks
Around
South America
Costs toll
$470,720.-
$0,-
Fuel costs for
sailing
$1,900,000,-
$4,550,000,-
Total costs
$2,370,720,-
$4,550,000
Days of travel
16 days
37 days
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5. Toll vs Investment
Toll statistics existing locks
Toll new Panama locks
Year
2010-2012
Year
2015 -
Number of
transits
38,441
Extra transits
>6,000
Tolls
(billions)
$4.9
Extra toll
(billions)
+/-$0.85
Total budget for the Third Set of Locks Project is 5,25 million USD
The investment will be payed back in 2020!!
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6. Panama Canal – engine of the economy
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7. Day 4
Thursday, July 11th – Design and Construction of new
Atlantic Locks
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8. Train trip from Panama city to Colón
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9. Design and Construction of new
Atlantic Locks
Presentation 1: Mr. Martin, Electro Mechanical Planning (GUPC/Sacyr)
Presentation 2: Mr. Serneels, Plant and Equipment Department (GUPC/JDN)
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10. Crushing plant
Critical processes:
• Logistics
• Temperature
• Rain fall (>200 mm per month in rainy season)
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11. Construction of new Atlantic Locks
Concrete distribution at 180 m³/hr in 80m radius
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14. Dredging works
Dredging volumes
Canal maintainance 1915- present
480 Mm3
Total dredging volume for building the 3th locks
150 Mm3
Future dredging works
70 Mm3
Total
600 Mm3
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15. Dredging Pacific entrance canal
Total of 9.1 Mm³, with 1.5 Mm3 of very hard
rock is drilled and blasted
Special Equipment:
CSD D’Artagnan
BHD Samsom
Drilling vessel Yuang Dong 007
TSHD Breydel
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16. Dry excavation for the new locks
Total of 37.3 Mm3 dry excavation
Special Equipment
• Excavators Hit EX1900 with a 11m3 bucket
• Dumpers with capacity of 50m3
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17. THANK YOU
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