Overview of the new Panama Canal expansion

The $5.25 billion dollar Panama Canal expansion is due to open at the end of June 2016.
Finally, neo-Panamax ships will be able to sail through the locks from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean or vice versa - saving days of travel for goods and passengers.

[@shadowsdad903]

Great presentation. I was in the US Navy in Panama 1970-72. Also served as Cubmaster for a Cub Scout pack in Coco Solo which connected me to the Canal Zone Company employee’s who arranged two transits of the canal as guest of the Canal Zone pilot. Wonderful experiences! Also my son was born in the Canal Zone. Congratulations to the people of Panama.

[@lauracarrow3691]

Amazing. This is the type of production that school kids should see. I learn so much. Thank you.

[@nativeafroeurasian]

10:50 that voice "to it's final destination"😏😂😂

[@ps7880]

Great video presentation. Just sailed through the new Cocoli and the Agua Clara locks last month (May, 2022) on the Caribbean Princess cruise ship.

[@hannah1943]

I was working on one T2 tanker used to go through the canal once a week. and it never stopped and pressing me. what an amazing feat of engineering.

[@sea_santi5128]

Being a sea farer & have crossed the Panama canal, I know the challenges that it takes. But honestly, without the locomotives it would take lil more time to cross ⚓

[@leandrewwilliams554]

I was Stationed in Panama for almost 4yrs,and had the opportunity to take a 2day trip thru the locks. its pretty awesome :)

[@osmannoor3932]

Lucky you.

[@BeyondCruise]

So cool!

[@fortruegood8591]

Interesting topic of great engineering marvels. Really great work.

[@adriannegrillo8394]

This was so very interesting. I now have a better understanding of how the process works. Thank you!

[@otomotivation1574]

I been twice thrugh panama canal, awesome experience

[@katylear3971]

The next time I go back to Panama.I need to go see the new expansion. I can't wait❤

[@markjmaxwell9819]

Pretty cool I actually prefer the old system.. The engineering and design of the Panama canal which was at the turn of the century was pretty amazing...

[@filipedmr]

I just saw the evergreen boat in this videos. The same boat that got stuck on the Suez Canal

[@graelii7440]

Not true

[@calvinlarken313]

EverGreen is an entire company, the boat that got stuck was the EverGiven

[@sandesh9240]

Not the same Boat but another super container operated by the same company.

[@CarlosAM1]

No

[@drwtoinvest5116]

This video made the peoples more to know about Panama canal...make reduce cost and time to all business.... Great jobs... Love from Indonesia

[@vbello7496]

well done! Thank you.

[@gordonbell580]

nice vid cant wait to transit

[@dericksandiford6451]

Great works

[@rickbennett5072]

Excellent explanation of how ship passes thru the locks.I was very fortunate to see the Aqua Clara locks in 2019 from the observation area, while on a cruise thru the Panama Canal.Does this same inspection of ropes and other equipment apply to ships passing thru the older lock assembly?

[@Allen-gl8cw]

This is awesome! I don't think that they will have that very movements for passed to Channel most important the America, also Is difficult to do shunting so bigger with big vassels

[@chandrajogi9989]

wonderful and amazing

[@patrickdelaney3384]

I use this video for my Supply Chain class at NEIU University in Illinois USA

[@shadowsdad903]

I’ll bet he’s doing fine. I met him in 1972. I was down there couple years in the Navy.

[@richardrodriguez1742]

Sorry to see your in Illinois

[@nativeafroeurasian]

I love this explanation and the graphics! How do you make them?

[@tvoommen4688]

The two oceans are saline water bodies while Gatun lake is fresh water body so that there is a difference in buoyancy of ships. This means that ship sinks a few millimetres when it enter Gatun lake Just an observation.......................

[@kaffeetasse9455]

Very interesting. Does anyone know what was is the downside of using these locomotives to position the ships and why that system will not be used in the new locks? It seems to me the method with regular lines and tugboats would be less efficient.

[@johngranato2673]

Tugs are more powerful and maneuverable than locomotives (mules' tractive capacity). I also believe the locomotives contribute to wear and tear on the walls.

[@rejeanpaquet4375]

The video doesn't say how long it will take for a vessel to cross for the Pacific to Atlantic or vice versa.

[@videomaker961]

What happens now that the northwest passage is more easy? Does the Panama Canal company will guet back the monney they spent?

[@nashiersirajan4750]

more complicated and lot of personel to be involved.

[@justimagine2403]

So... Wonder of the Seas could go through the new expanded canal? (largest cruise ship as of 2022?)

[@tirzhaprinsloo2774]

It looks good but there are too much interruptions these ships are on schedules on their journeys and it is costing money now on the canal there are too many stops and check by people. Check no 1 is good in the beginning this must be the first and final checking and from here on the ship should be going through the canal by these tucks until the last gate.

[@roberthoff6670]

this video could have been way more to the point if you streamlined info and cut out the parts of audio and video where you explained things twice lol

[@karinadelucio1242]

Woow is amazing all the work about of a channel, I don't believe that the management of the pilot and tugs, from the water chamber, to filling and emptying them!!

[@Mr.Nefarioussness]

So much technology

[@hustensaftvernichter3785]

What exactly is the purpose of these water-saving basins? Are they there in order to flood the sections in case the ship requires deeper waters to pass through?

[@EVAUnit4A]

If I remember correctly, the Panama Canal is completely dependent on the freshwater runoff from the Panama countryside itself for the overland journey. (NOTE: No ocean saltwater is _ever_ pumped _into_ the locks; the entire transit is through freshwater only!) The country of Panama is, of course, equatorial- meaning they get _lots_ of rain year-round. However, if the natural rainfall becomes lessened for _any_ reason, the ability to keep the in-land part of the Canal open becomes a significant problem. I think the water-saving basins are there as a supplement, to reduce the amount of freshwater used for each process of the lock(s). (I am not very knowledgeable of locks even though I know their basic functions, but that said I've never heard of water reserve pools like this before. It may be unique to the Panama Canal, although I cannot say for certain. Someone please double-check me on this!)

[@timothy-9995]

In order to raise the level of water inside a lock, water from the higher water level pours into the lock. To lower the level of water, the water in the lock pours into the lower water level. This means water always flows from the high point to the low point. If not taken into consideration, this could drain the Panama Canal. The water saving basins reduce the amount of water transferred from upstream to downstream. You can watch kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXPZlJ-MmMqme6c to see this in more detail. He even made a model of a canal with water saving basins so you can see it all work.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

It's so Gatun Lake dosen't drain as fast.

[@brianbassett4379]

It's a substantial water saving over the old system... Archimedes said it was a good idea.

[@NightTimeDay]

This video explains the purpose of basins well :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXPZlJ-MmMqme6c

[@debeeriz]

how long does it take to full/empty a lock

[@K.B5]

Which country provided this technology?

[@relerfordable]

I would love to see the canals one day. How long does all of that take?

[@YogSoth]

About 15 hours

[@edeancozzens3833]

How long does the whole transit take?

[@reapingshadow2866]

1:55 music pls. what is the music's title?

[@lalrinmuanakm1265]

The Panama Canal is an artificial that connect Atlantic and Pacific oceans across Isthmus of Panama.It is owned and administered by Panama.Ships can cross going in either direction,and it takes about 10 hours to get from one side to other.Ships from any country are treated equally with respect to conditions of passage and tolls.

[@yuyunwidiyanto1413]

I talk to you i have ship but owner ship id change into safty country not notification to my or owner ship

[@treeman101]

i thought of a awesome new way to make locks, only one lock is needed, and amount of water in the lock never changes, and water level can increase and decrease very fast

[@cs_fl5048]

I actually understand the 4 tug boats. I'm curious about why rechecking the fitness of the crew and the lines, etc. other than providing employment and income, what would have happened to them in between the locks? they aren't being used? Safety first, yes. But this smacks of padding the payroll. However.. The video is neat. The expansion beyond necessary. I would love to traverse the canal, if I can convince my wife there is a good reason to do it.

[@osmannoor3932]

Well.Take your wife with you!

[@osmannoor3932]

Why not take your wife with you!

[@shannonfreeman3655]

I wonder how long it takes a ship to go through the whole process of entering and exiting. 1 hour? 5 hours? anyone knows?

[@msaintjo]

8-10 hours 😊

[@valeriegood8427]

I heard in one presentation up to 8 hrs. But it saves 13k + miles it takes to go around Cape Horn.

[@brenocapistrano3456]

When went there it says 5 to 8 hrs

[@HT-vd4in]

5:22 😂 The Evergreen 😂 Wasn’t that exactly the ship that was stuck in the Suez Canal? That’s a bad omen

[@nativeafroeurasian]

6:22 what happened with the containers 6 and 7 rows in front of the superstructure and 4 stacks above decklevel?

[@ramkumarsridharan]

why water levels are raised/lowered?

[@nelsonchinasamy9857]

Because the Atlantic and Pacific oceans are not on the same level.Therefore need for locks to raise vessels from lower point to higher point . Unlike the Suez Canal the Mediterranean and and Red Sea are on the same level.

[@TheActualSsotyi]

so they only lift the ships because of the lake? When the ship enter they lift it up. When it leaves on the other side they lower it back down. What's the point?

[@davidlapointe4656]

Szatmári Tomi Quite a difference in elevation from one end of the canal to the other.

[@vapsa56]

85 feet elevation. The canal was built in early 1900s. Finished in 1914. The technology was not available to create a sea level canal like the Suez canal, which have flat desert lands to cut through. The mountains of Panama that cut through the center and the country proved to be the obstacle to sea level operations. Furthermore, the tides on Atlantic and Pacific sides of the canal are wildly different to each other. And would create major problems with navigation. The lake eliminates that by providing a stable environment for the ships to pass. And before anyone attacks me on how do I anout this, I lived in Panama for more than 5 years studying the wildlife in Gatun lake. So that was part of our of my education into understanding the why the wildlife thrives or struggles with the environmental effects of the canal.

[@sprungmonkey6inches]

a dug out channal would be impassable with the torrent of water that would rush through with changes in the tides. locks are the only way to transit the canal

[@deklan246]

Que viva Panamá 🇵🇦 😎 ✌🏻

[@bluecollar58]

Looks like a system designed to involve ( pay ) as many people as possible.

[@nicholasmarino1733]

Hi, all this is done WITHOUT the use of water pumps. Only gravity.

[@unschomefleet4743]

Make it larger good Better make damn sure American aircraft carriers can pass through them Especially our new Ford class carriers

[@ShawnTheDriver]

I feel like having to have four tug boats for EVERY large ship is going to be waaaaay too much of a hassle

[@ShawnTheDriver]

7 Points Entertainment Ahhhh. Well, if it fits it ships I guess 🤷🏾‍♂️🤣

[@Ancovg]

6:21 Floating containers; Check!

[@greggross8856]

And already, there are container ships too big to fit.

[@animehuntress9018]

There was always going to be a limit to what they could build for. The lake between the two sections of the canals is not deep and wide enough in some areas. It's already incredibly close to its limits with very little room if any for errors with dealing with the current loads, Adding the Neo gen ships to it.... they are pushing the limits of what the lake can do. They could dredge the lake itself to widen the shipping lanes but you would still have issues of the rocky bottoms and constant earth fill that the canal faces.

[@adampinior6647]

coś wielkiego i wspaniałego

[@lifetime9rfan]

Why do these vessels need to be moored, since they are in such tight quarters to begin with?

[@BeyondCruise]

You mean during the passage? The larger canal is much wider than the older one, hence needing the tugs to keep the ship in roughly the same place throughout the journey.

[@sprungmonkey6inches]

i remember watching a ship silhouette sink to ground level from my office at Fort Clayton.

[@xenogokuprotectorofhistory2115]

here for school, expected a horrible video, got a great explanation.

[@abc64pan]

And the reason for all this trouble and complexity? The local topography prevents the construction of a sea level canal like Suez.

[@joelmadrid2193]

"PANAMA RELOCATION TOURS! WITH JACKIE!!😊🙋👍❤👈"

[@nielskampmann]

There are too many tug boats involved in this transit, and thereby more expensive!

[@jayarlingad7862]

Very informative video. Now I know how panama canals works. Together w the helpof captain ship crew and control center.

[@mikewalrus4763]

plus less control of the ship herself - Engine blackout or other failure could be disasterous, especially for the tugs in the basin - I'm sure it has all been sorted out but . . . . . I also hope I'm wrong!

[@williamleslie4084]

The

[@TairnKA]

The question I had is, "Are the retreating tugs being assigned to a ship going the other direction, resulting in two or three (>) sets of tugs leapfrogging to and from ships going in each direction?

[@BenDover-wm7wf]

It depends.

[@orlandotvvlog8325]

Does the ship passing by the panama need to pay? Before it can pass...

[@nestorguerra8152]

Yes they pay thousands of euros to pass threw

[@diannesapp5984]

They have pay up front in cash before entering the channel to proceed to the first lock.

[@orlandotvvlog8325]

Dianne Sapp thank you for the info.sir

[@katalinvanover842]

Small ships of less than 50 feet in length about $2000, above that it's $5000 and if you are cargo or tanker it is $150,000.

[@privatevoidnoname7421]

the artificial canal is only ~28m higher than sea level... wouldn't be "easier" if they dug this exceeding height at the lake and make the whole pass even by the sea level? Ok it might not be as easy as digging a trench at the beach but comparing to the amount of work put into creating and maintaining the locks... idk maybe I'm just high.

[@sprungmonkey6inches]

no, because of tides. then you'd have this rushing torrent of ocean moving with the tides through the canal.

[@privatevoidnoname7421]

@@sprungmonkey6inches oh shit I think I was really high lol. So you mean the tides would run across the canal? Since the canal entrance is smaller than both the ocean "ofc" and the lake most of the sea movement would be blocked outside the canal... innit? The lake itself since it's surrounded by mountains doesn't let it build too much tide movement. Idk prob talking bs now. Just curious.

[@gwynwilliams4222]

St Patrick was Welsh too

[@pilbomags488]

All these years I thought the word was Vessel, not Bessel.

[@dorothygale5896]

Two words come to mind: Complicated and costly.

[@SlidTossedPissed]

One is above both. ENGINEERED.

[@NightTimeDay]

@@SlidTossedPissed I see you come back to read these comments too, my friend

[@Axrover]

so use your martitime engineering skills to design a simpler system...argumentum ad ignoratiatum

[@paulskywarrior6943]

i preferred the older one cus its feels me safer than the new canal

[@CarlosAM1]

How lmao

[@huzefakudrati9836]

"To its final destination" 😂😂😂😂

[@graelii7440]

Install lamps so that you can use it during the night - genius

[@U.S.ArmyVeteran]

They only needed to widen and deepen the passage, everything else was/is overkill. Like someone else said, blow that s#it up and you'll have a quick fix to width, depth and safe passage. Pure Overkill!!!

[@lray1948]

Two problems... 1)The tides on the Pacific side is 8 feet daily, on the Atlantic side tide is 18 inches- a foot and a half. If you completely clear out the canal and have no locks or manmade structures you will have a hell of a tidal bore rushing thru that canal daily, causing erosion and screwing up the navigation of the ships trying to get thru those narrow waterways, even sending some ships going one way crashing into ships going the oncoming direction (Head-on collisions).. Your solution would work on the Suez canal where there is no difference in tides at either end, but not on the Panama Canal. P. S. I lived on a fort next to the Panama Canal for 18 months. Also (2) these extra large container ships require much larger locks than the old locks and they use up much more water than the old locks that held the old container ships. There simply wasn't enough rainwater falling into the canal and Lake Gatun and up in the mountains to replenish what was gonna be used up and let out to sea in the transit process of these super containers. So they had to build the storage basins to save and reuse some of the water. Otherwise they would use too much water from Lake Gatun, the level there would go dangerously low and this lake which serves as the middle leg of the all-water route of the canal might get so low it could no longer be used and they would have to wait for months for rain to fill it up to a level that ships could sail across it again and cross the canal route.

[@saulguerrero3544]

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[@travelandeventz2742]

Why they change water level ??

[@travelandeventz2742]

@7 Points Entertainment thanks, then they need to pressure water level to level

[@crossroads670]

^lol I think they know what they’re doing.

[@gerhardpenske9978]

actually it's two canals witch combine the gatun lake with panama city / colon, witch level is 26m higher than sealevel. A lot less canal digging.

[@travelandeventz2742]

@@crossroads670 hi.. professor😂😂😂

[@gerhardpenske9978]

@@travelandeventz2742 Oh- you ment why they rose the waterlevel of the gatun lake up 45cm? I guess to have more reservoir for the higher waterconsumption, since there are more than doubble the size of locs to fill

[@ketamld3450]

Can someone pls explain why the ships have to be elevated above sea level?

[@schoolssection]

You have got to be a Democrat.

[@ssartre5240]

No entiendo porqué los distintos niveles, en el continente, entre los dos océanos había agua o es toda artificial?

[@dhongorom]

Too complicated, more expensive than before, why didn’t they simplify it!

[@SlidTossedPissed]

Cause you obviously werent involved!

[@SlidTossedPissed]

@emosh73 How bout you go down to Panama... with your idiocy and explain to them.. how to simplify it.

[@SlidTossedPissed]

@am d Im on Tranqs. They do nothing. Ive been shot with a "few" doses of Thorazine / Chlorpromazine. They really.. dont do shit. Do me a favor.. sit ya stupid ass back down in ya chair, with ya ipod shitbuds in and go google what "Engineering" is.. then Google.. how to shove a size 16 shoe into a someones face. THEN... go google APE shit.. cause when APE shit happens... ya should call the NATL Guard. ALSO... I know a few guys named Crockett and Tubs. Theyd love to give you some uppers... to get you to give a fuck about anything besides yaself. Im sure you got a coupla Engineering degrees under your belt.. and a Physics degree or two. Go bring your stupid ass down there.. and figure out whats going on.

[@dhongorom]

Robb Skipper 😮 wow, but agreed

[@Dorianblack07]

how old are you?

[@manzanero2008]

Why the two oceans has different levels ? Thanks.

[@alfarosiarsita]

Not the oceans, but the lake have different level with oceans

[@sprungmonkey6inches]

the entry and egress points very with the tides. The ocean front locks are deeper and higher, because of the variation of tides when leaving the locks, for either ocean

[@manzanero2008]

@@sprungmonkey6inches I apreciate your explanation. Thanks a lot.

[@rdsieben]

No mules

[@DannyDimeProdz]

This is to confusing for my brain

[@megansullivan5588]

HOWLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL~ WARREN, OHIO~ MRS. SULLIVAN'S CLASS~ GO TIGERS!!!

[@jimmeyer4530]

Already too small for today's megaships.

[@arnegbaier]

Like no. 2000 👍

[@yuyunwidiyanto1413]

Indonesia country

[@yuyunwidiyanto1413]

Not any contact ship lost

[@PaintballVideosNet]

Where is this?

[@BenDover-wm7wf]

Wonder how Panama Red is doing these days.

[@shadowsdad903]

Ben Dover I’ll bet he’s fine. I met him in 1972. Was in The Canal Zone couple years in the US Navy

[@sprungmonkey6inches]

No Video commentaries exist that outline the total corruption and incompetence that sections of the Panama Canal, was subject to, when sections were turned over to Panamanian, control. Train tracks *derail few years after, Upper lakes, metal sleuths sold off for scrap when water levels were low, bridges roads and buildings (stripped of copper pipe and electrical wires). The new canal must have a Panamanian "exclusion zone" around them to protect the canals from the Panamanian people.

[@davidschwartz5127]

Sounds like a lot of added expenses with all the tug boat and line handlers for zero benefits?

[@Axrover]

the benefit is that people not certified to drive a ship thru a narrow passage wont crash a ship into the walls and break the system stopping all traffic.

[@kennethwise7108]

I ate a lot of "Tun-Tun" in Panama 😜

[@adampinior6647]

to naprawdę super dzieło naszych czasów

[@gali01992]

Cristobal is not pronounced crees-TO-ble, it's pronounced CREES-to-bahl.

[@omelhordomundo1981]

Engraçado, pq não usam a curvatura dos mares? Kkkkk

[@dwetick1]

Just dig it out and make a sea-level canal...like Suez...lot less complicated.

[@NightTimeDay]

Grandpa go to bed. It's past your bedtime.

[@Genesongx]

The tides on Atlantic and Pacific sides of the canal are wildly different to each other, they use the lake as a way to go through it evading that problem, would be a nightmare if you ship gets grounded in the middle because low sea level in one side

[@shadowsdad903]

Robb Skipper 🤣

[@michaelmccoy7986]

I sense great Redundancy...

[@ezrabrereton4842]

My head hurts after the last sentence of this topic 😩😩😩

[@markrushton4631]

They need to get rid of those tug boats, surely they are not needed now as these ships are able to control them selves with there bower and stern thrusters. Tug boats add far to much money to the cost of the transit ,nothing to do with safety.

[@sprungmonkey6inches]

they used to use train/trames to move the ships through the locks. but the inept panamanians (after jobs moved from americans to panamanians) would lose at least one train a year to getting dragged into lock or off rails cuz the inability to communicate effectively. less ways to screw it up if your boat is next to a super tanker. much more skin in the game for the operators.

[@krishnateke4383]

Please give in hindi

[@mizzyroro]

This new procedure seems more time consuming and less safe.

[@stanochocki8984]

Nice, but instead of the U.S. ad President Teddy Roosevelt interfering in another Countries Internal Politics; as they did to secure the 'new' Country of Panama; they should have taken up the offer from Nicaragua to build a SEA LEVEL CANAL in their Country. Would have saved all this lock-maneuvering Obsolete.....Ah, the History of Political-Industrial intrigues...LoL....

[@brucemoyers1006]

Who pays for this?

[@brenthammond5603]

D