Flooding of new Canal locks underway

THE FLOODING of the new locks on the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal began on Wednesday night , June 10, with the opening of five valves. The first two chambers will need five million cubic meters of water, an operation that will take approximately four days,

The Panama Canal Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), contractor for the project design and construction of the third set of locks, In this first phase, the Atlantic lock is the first to begin testing water fill

Giuseppe Quarta, CEO of GUPC, said the valves opening represents the culmination of five years of efforts in one of the most complex projects in the world. Over the years about 50,000 thousand people worked on the project..

GUPC reported that the flooding of each lock can take about three to four months
The flooding of the Pacific sector will begin soon.