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. 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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