{"id":23771,"date":"2009-07-20T11:34:15","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T11:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pancanal.com\/en\/?p=23771"},"modified":"2021-09-10T11:34:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T11:34:28","slug":"image-of-the-month-panama-canal-expansion-new-locks-announcement-main-event-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pancanal.com\/en\/image-of-the-month-panama-canal-expansion-new-locks-announcement-main-event-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Image of the Month: Panama Canal Expansion New Locks Announcement Main Event of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PANAMA CITY, Panama, July 20, 2009\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Reporters crowd around Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administrator\/CEO Alberto Alem\u00e1n Zubieta (pictured left) after the ACP announced Grupo Unidos por el Canal as the &#8220;best value&#8221; consortium to design and build the Canal&#8217;s new set of locks July 8.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pancanal.com\/eng\/pr\/press-releases\/images\/344-sm.jpg\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grupo Unidos por el Canal, composed of Sacyr Vallehermoso S.A., Impregilo S.p.A., Jan De Nul n.v. and Constructora Urbana, S.A., was one of three consortia vying for the contract and determined the winner through a fair, rigorous and transparent process put into place by the ACP.<\/p>\n<p>Following a final review of the consortium&#8217;s price and technical proposals, the ACP officially awarded the contract to Grupo Unidos por el Canal July 15.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Panama Canal Authority<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is the autonomous agency of the Government of Panama in charge of managing, operating and maintaining the Panama Canal. 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