Panama Canal Authority releases tender for canal construction
The Panama Canal Authority has released the first construction project tender for the planned expansion of the canal. The request is for dry excavation along the north access channel on the Pacific end of the canal.
The expansion will add a new lane of traffic along the Panama Canal through the construction of a new set of locks, which will double the tonnage capacity and allow the transit of substantially larger vessels. The North Pacific channel excavation, which will be located west of Pedro Miguel and locks, is the first of five dry excavation projects that will help link the new post-Panamax locks on the Pacific end of the canal to the existing Gaillard Cut, and represents about 16 percent of the total excavation for the new Pacific Locks Access Channel.
“We hope to attract firms with significant experience in this type of work as we begin this important phase of the project,” said Jorge L. Quijano, the canal’s engineering and programs management director.
Information about this tender (No. 67252) is now available through the ACP’s online bidding system (SLI), https://www.pancanal.com/esp/procsales/buy.html, or via the ACP’s Web site at www.pancanal.com. Interested parties have 55 days from the tender release date for bid submissions. The ACP expects to award the contract in July or August.
Panama Canal Authority releases tender for canal construction
