Sunday, June 26, 2016

The new Panama Canal is signed “Made in Italy” – The Arena

PANAMA

Just over two years ago it was all blocked: the work of three and a half billion dollars for the most ambitious work of the world were firm for the dispute between the Government and the consortium of European companies (Gupc) on extra costs.

the lead partner was the Spanish Sacyr, but took over operational leadership of the Italian Salini Impregilo (both groups 48% of the consortium) who brought “his” engineer Giuseppe Quarta head of Gupc. “We have overcome the conflict, the work resumed,” explains Fourth a few hours after the inauguration of the new locks of the Panama Canal. Fourth tells of the perfectly successful tests for the passage of the reach ships more than three times greater than those of the “old” channel, which still continue to work. Today the official opening.

“The labor peak has reached 11 thousand people to work simultaneously, although we now hold about 4 thousand people still on building sites,” adds Fourth. (…)

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