New system to handle increasing canal transits

INCREASED  traffic through the waterway has led the   The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to launch  a new a new system of transit programming and management of maritime resources.

The system will contribute to optimizing costs, improving safety and increasing the efficiency and reliability of the services that are offered says an ACP statement.

Administrator Jorge Luis Quijano said that the system will use new technology “to offer better solutions to our customers as we manage more and more transits and adapt to changes in world trade.”

With the new method, the interoceanic route will be able to execute a fully integrated operational plan for all its resources, including tugs, pilots and deck assistants.

The technology that will be used in the new system has been recognized worldwide for breaking multiple records in solving some of the more complex optimization and programming problems,

Arnoldo Cano, manager of the renewal program of processes and core systems, commented that the technology, the best in its class,is being supplied by the Quintiq company, a Dutch entity owned by Dassault Systemes, which specializes in providing planning and optimization of the supply chain to the

maritime, transport and logistics industries.

It will be  fully implemented over the next two years.