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| Ship hits wall of Panama Canal renewing design concerns | Ship hits wall of Panama Canal renewing design concerns |
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| A Chinese container ship has hit a wall of the recently-widened Panama Canal, amid concerns that it has less space for manoeuvres and could be unsafe. | A Chinese container ship has hit a wall of the recently-widened Panama Canal, amid concerns that it has less space for manoeuvres and could be unsafe. |
| It is the third accident of this kind since the multi-million dollar expansion opened a month ago. | It is the third accident of this kind since the multi-million dollar expansion opened a month ago. |
| Workers' groups say the new locks are too small for safe operations now that the canal can take ships three times larger than before. | Workers' groups say the new locks are too small for safe operations now that the canal can take ships three times larger than before. |
| The Panama Canal authority says it is investigating the incident. | |
| Panama canal design prompts concerns | Panama canal design prompts concerns |
| The canal from the air | The canal from the air |
| The Xin Fei Zhou, owned by China Shipping Container Lines, suffered a large gash in its hull and is now undergoing repairs. | The Xin Fei Zhou, owned by China Shipping Container Lines, suffered a large gash in its hull and is now undergoing repairs. |
| The new locks are designed for ships to use tugboats to guide them through the canal. | The new locks are designed for ships to use tugboats to guide them through the canal. |
| In the old canal locomotives (known as "mules") would keep the ships correctly aligned as they passed through. | In the old canal locomotives (known as "mules") would keep the ships correctly aligned as they passed through. |
| A study for the International Transport Workers' Federation released earlier this year concluded that the new lock chambers were too small for the tugboats to be able to manoeuvre properly. | A study for the International Transport Workers' Federation released earlier this year concluded that the new lock chambers were too small for the tugboats to be able to manoeuvre properly. |
| Work on the expansion began in September 2007 and was originally planned to finish in 2014. | Work on the expansion began in September 2007 and was originally planned to finish in 2014. |
| Following delays caused by construction workers' strikes and disputes over cost overruns, the date for completion was pushed back to April 2016. | Following delays caused by construction workers' strikes and disputes over cost overruns, the date for completion was pushed back to April 2016. |
| The first voyage through the new expanded canal was on 26 June. | The first voyage through the new expanded canal was on 26 June. |