02.11.2010

20 Locatelli for Panama

Italian crane maker Locatelli has delivered 20 Rough Terrain cranes for work on the widening of the Panama Canal.

The cranes, 12 units of the company’s 30 tonne GRIL 8300T plus eight 60 tonne GRIL 8600T, have been sold to the “Grupo Unido por el Canal” consortium – an international joint venture between Impregilo of Italy, Sacyr Vallehermoso of Spain, Somague of Portugal, Jan de Nul of Belgium and Panama’s Constructora Urbana.
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The 30 tonne Locatelli GRIL 8300T

The consortium has been appointed by the Panama Canal Authority to build a new system of locks as part of the plans to widen the Canal. Work on the project, which will involve approximately 8,000 workers is due for completion by the end of 2014, the centenary of the opening of the canal.
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Two of the Locatelli RTs at work

The project includes the construction of two new series of locks, one on the Atlantic end the other on the Pacific Ocean, to enable the Canal to handle increased levels of commercial traffic and respond to developments on the maritime shipping market, where builders are constructing larger container ships with greater TEU capacity - Post Panamax vessels
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A lock on the Panama Canal

The Locatelli GRIL 8300 has a 25.5 metre main boom, plus 9.3 metre extension, while the GRIL 8600T boast a 32.3 metre boom and 52.9 metre maximum tip height.