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Article: Panama Canal Begins Tests of Simultaneous, Two-Way Transits at Canal's Most Narrow Channel; Trials Occur at Recently Widened Gaillard Cut.
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- April 17, 2003
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PANAMA CITY, Panama -- PANAMA CITY, Panama, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced that it has initiated trials of simultaneous, two-way transits (Pacific and Atlantic bound) of large commercial vessels that were previously limited to one-way traffic through the Gaillard Cut -- the most narrow passage in the Panama Canal. (See http://www.pancanal.com/ for images of the Gaillard Cut.)
An important element of the Canal's program of permanent modernization, the widening of the Gaillard Cut was completed early and under budget. The Cut was widened from 152 meters to 192 meters along straight stretches and up to 222 meters on curved ...