{"id":7325,"date":"2014-08-13T16:41:35","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T16:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pancanal.com\/en\/?p=7325"},"modified":"2021-09-10T08:22:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T08:22:07","slug":"panama-canal-continues-investing-in-maintenance-to-guarantee-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pancanal.com\/en\/panama-canal-continues-investing-in-maintenance-to-guarantee-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama Canal Continues Investing in Maintenance to Guarantee Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Panama City, Panama, August 13, 2013 &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) will invest in its fiscal year (FY) 2014 (October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014) approximately US$238 million in maintenance of structures and equipment to continue providing an efficient service to the international maritime community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The key to the Panama Canal&#8217;s operational excellence is a combination of its committed workforce and constant maintenance,&#8221; Executive Vice President for Operations Esteban Saenz said. &#8220;Each year we dedicate significant resources to this aspect of the Canal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>About to reach its centennial, the Canal guarantees its efficiency through the permanent maintenance and modernization of its infrastructure. Approximately, US$2 billion have been invested since 2000.<\/p>\n<p>The Panama Canal will continue the maintenance programs necessary to ensure the waterway&#8217;s optimal operating conditions. The main areas of maintenance include, among others, the navigation channel through dredging operations; the control of erosion and landslides; floating equipment such as tugboat, dredges, cranes and launches; the locks and their components; and the dams, landfills, power plants, buildings and facilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Panama Canal Authority (ACP)<br \/>\n<\/strong>The ACP is the autonomous agency of the Government of Panama in charge of managing, operating and maintaining the Panama Canal. The operation of the ACP is based on its organic law and the regulations approved by its Board of Directors. For more information, please refer to the ACP&#8217;s website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pancanal.com\/\">http:\/\/www.pancanal.com\/<\/a>. You can also follow us on Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thepanamacanal\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/thepanamacanal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"50%\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pancanal.com\/eng\/pr\/press-releases\/images\/480\/480-01-lge.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border aligncenter\" title=\"Photo courtesy of ACP\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pancanal.com\/eng\/pr\/press-releases\/images\/480\/480-01-sm.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pancanal.com\/eng\/pr\/press-releases\/images\/480\/480-02-lge.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border aligncenter\" title=\"Photo courtesy of ACP\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pancanal.com\/eng\/pr\/press-releases\/images\/480\/480-02-sm.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panama City, Panama, August 13, 2013 &#8211;\u00a0The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) will invest in its fiscal year (FY) 2014 (October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014) approximately US$238 million in maintenance of structures and equipment to continue providing an efficient service to the international maritime community. &#8220;The key to the Panama Canal&#8217;s operational excellence is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pancanal.com\/en\/panama-canal-continues-investing-in-maintenance-to-guarantee-efficiency\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Panama Canal Continues Investing in Maintenance to Guarantee Efficiency&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-7325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-image"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - 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