Panama Port Company, The project consisted in the construction of Berth 10, with a length of approximately 220 m of new berthing area and 130 m of repairing and expanding the existing berth.
Panama Port Company, The project consisted in the construction of Berth 10, with a length of approximately 220 m of new berthing area and 130 m of repairing and expanding the existing berth.
Panama Port Company, The project was part of an expansion program of the Port of Balboa located in the Pacific area of the Panama Canal. The contract was awarded to the consortium formed by Intercoastal Marine, Inc. – Boskalis. The works developed by IMI included the construction of the superstructure of the berth for the berthing of Super Post Panamax type
vessels.
Likewise, the project included a series of earthworks, such as the installation of rock dikes to protect the earthfill used for the expansion of the port, an access platform of 330,000 m3 of armor rock, 6,000 m3 of filter rock, and 15,000 m3 of batter rock.
Manzanillo International Terminal, IMI constructed 20,000 m2 of marine infrastructure, with a berth 395 m in length and 42.75 m wide, founded on precast/prestressed piles (381 units with lengths of up to 50 m and weights of up to 50 tons) and steel piles (148 units with 48” diameters, with lengths of up to 47 m and weights of approximately 35 tons each). One third of the pile positions were drilled in the existing seabed (Gatún) before later driving the piles. All equipment used (barges, tugboats, and cranes) are part of IMI’s fleet of equipment.
Manzanillo International Terminal, the project consisted of the construction of the first Automatic Stacking Crane system in Latin America. IMI constructed one kilometer of rails for the port container crane positioning system, fabricated and drove 450 prefabricated concrete piles, and installed the entire electromechanical system which accompanies the system’s superstructure (rails, electrical ducts, drainage systems, among others).