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INTELLIGENCE in TRANSPORT * Panama Canal's expansion - * Brazil: Doubt about safety of mega-ships
* Panama - New Canal
-- A video released by the Panama Canal provides a second update on the progress of the Panama Canal’s expansion project... More than 400ha of concrete have so far been poured over both construction sites with around 4200ha of dirt and rock excavated to designated disposal areas...The largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, the Panama Canal Expansion Program will create a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks, doubling the waterway’s capacity.The new locks will have three chambers, water-saving basins, lateral filling and emptying system & rolling gates...Video source: expansion.pancanal.com - Panama City, Panama - Port Technology International -18 Feb 2015
* Sao Paulo / Brazil - Brazilian pilots in megaship safety row
-- Brazilian pilots have expressed concerns relating to the safety of mega-ships that berth atthe Port of Santos, as well as other Brazilian ports... Brazilian pilots claim that insufficient dredging at Santos makes it unsafe for vessels such as the CMA CGM Tigris, which is 300 metres long and 48.2 metres wide, to navigate the port’s channel... Conapra, the Brazilian national pilots association, is pressing the Brazilian Navyto restrict longer and wider vessels that require greater drafts...Claudio Loureiro, Executive President of Centronave, which represents foreign-flag shipowners operating inBrazil, has blasted Conapra’s idea to reduce the size of ships berthing at the port from 336 metres down to 266 metres, saying that there could be “dire consequences” forSantos...The move by Conaprais “retaliation” against attempts by the government to regulate pilot services inBraziland reduce their excessive costs, according to the JOC... Santos Port Authority is about to announce a new tender for dredging and, once completed, the gap between what size of vessel is allowed and what the pilots are happy with will likely narrow...Santos, SP, Brazil -Port Technology International (UK) -18 Feb 2015
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