On January 11, the most powerful self-propelled heavy duty cutter suction dredger in the world, the D''Artagnan, arrived at the Panama Canal.
The D'Artagnan, which is able to dredge hard rock locations that previously required drilling and blasting, will complete the dredging of the waterway's Pacific entrance.
The dredger will expand the existing Pacific entrance from 192 meters to 255 meters and deepen it to 15.5 meters below the mean water springs.
The D'Artagnan, which measures 123.80 meters in length, is owned by Belgian company Dredging International (part of the DEME Group).
Source: Canal de Panamá
