Two lanes of the Panama Canal locks are being shut this week for scheduled repairs which will last through to Friday.
Work in the dry chamber seals will be done on several gates and will require the west lane of Miraflores locks to be closed to vessels for the duration, starting late on Monday (August 22).
And the east lane of Gatun locks will be closed as of late on Tuesday, with the work again expected to last until Friday.
The repair work will entail the deployment of four flat top barges and a number of tugboats, as stated in a recent Panama Canal Authority Advisory to Shipping.
On June 26 the Panama Canal held a grand inauguration ceremony for its new third locks, the result of a $5.3bn expansion project to accommodate supersized container ships and other large vessels.
