Inauguration of the Canal expansion will be on Sunday June 26: Varela – La Opinion Panama

President of the Republic, Juan Carlos Varela, announced that the inauguration of the project to expand the Canal will be on Sunday June 26.

“will claim our historic vocation as a transit route and point of convergence civilizations, reaffirming what Panamanians are able to achieve when rows as a nation closes and acted with state vision, “said the president.

Varela, who on Wednesday attended the opening of the first Training center Ship Scale by the administrator of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), Jorge Luis Quijano, said that the development of enlargement has not been easy, but despite the setbacks, it has successfully advance toward completion, which to date accounts for more than 97% execution.

“We are confident that under the leadership of the Board of the Canal and the ACP, from the entry into operation of the third game Canal locks that allow the transit of Neopanamax ships, we will give more value to the path of the isthmus of Panama through the development and implementation of a maritime strategy and national logistics to respond to new challenges, opportunities and global trends ” said the Ruler.

in that sense, Varela reiterated its support and the Government’s willingness to work in the direction of protecting the waterway as established in the Treaty of Permanent Neutrality and in turn, ensure that the Canal and related services to this remain mainstays of the economy.

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Training center Ship Scale was designed and built by the ACP with technical advice French school of pilots of ships Port Revel. Has a training simulator ships to scale, including the waterway itself, which will prepare the practical current and captains of tugs for operations of the new Canal extended through different types of exercises and emergency maneuvers if failures of the ship and adverse weather conditions.

on this work, the Chief Executive said he was “proud to see that we are not only coming to inaugurate the new set of locks, but also we have taken the requisite steps to prepare for this expansion. “

he indicated that the construction of the training center will allow to continue forming the human capital demanded by the Canal to ensure uninterrupted, speedy and reliable passage of vessels through the isthmus, for the benefit of global trade.