Client Requirements Panama Canal Form

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Panama Canal celebrates 100th anniversary the expansion of the Panama Canal aimed to be completed by June 2015 will open up the 81 km channel to even bigger vessels the canal currently uses locks to raise ships 26 M above sea level water from the artificial Lake enters by gravity into locks and causes ships to rise the ships then travel through the artificial lakes and channels until they reach the locks to the Sea on the other side two new sets of locks are being constructed to supplement the already existing locks at the Atlantic and Pacific entrances of the channel the new locks will be larger but use less water than the existing ones nearby basins will recycle the water from the locks as they are emptied and use the water to partially fill the locks when another ship passes through water from the Canal's Lakes will also be used to fill the locks the new locks will be able to handle ships that are longer taller and wider per ship cargo capacity will nearly triple from the current ro