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2020 Shipping Movements
- Thread starter Mr Miserable
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I should imagine there are lots of Performance and LR models for Germany on the RCC ANTWERP and TRITON ACE and GRAND AURORA and .....
They are called mules-manned locomotives. There about 6 (3 either side) of these that pull the ship into the locks and stop the ship hitting the lock gates, It's very skilled job they do but they make it look very easy.
That description refers to the new locks (Cocoli and Agua Clara)
RCC ANTWERP is going through the old locks (Miraflores, Pedro Miguel and then Gatun locks at the Caribbean end).
There are 2 sets of locks at the Pacific end because a geological fault line runs between them and the builders thought it was safer to seperate the locks however perhaps controversially when they designed the new locks they decided to go with just the one set at each end.
Thanks Mr Miserable for continuing educating impatient Tesla buyers like myself. Have been following your posts on RCC ANTWERP. Hopefully my white LR is on that, although I have no confirmation.
Is there no functioning webcam for the Pedro Miguel locks? Seems to be locked onto some parking spots or whatever :-o
Is there no functioning webcam for the Pedro Miguel locks? Seems to be locked onto some parking spots or whatever :-o
It looks like the Pedro Miguel camera has been disturbed - which is a great shame since it provides a great view normally.
RCC ANTWERP is now conducting her Panama Canal transit. In about 6 hours she will be in the Caribbean. She will arrive in Zeebrugge on 10 Nov and Southampton on 13 Nov.
TRITON ACE departed Pier 80 at exactly 4am local and wasn't at all intimidated by GRAND AURORA waiting impatiently to dock. At midday Z she was just passing under the Golden Gate bridge. She is due to arrive at the Panama Canal on the evening of 7 Nov. This agrees with my estimate of her arriving in Zeebrugge on 20 Nov and Southampton on 22 Nov.
GRAND AURORA has docked at Pier 80 and will commence loading shortly. I estimate she will arrive in Zeebrugge around 24 Nov.
TOSCANA No position update from her. She is due to arrive in Zeebrugge on 27 Nov.
TRITON ACE departed Pier 80 at exactly 4am local and wasn't at all intimidated by GRAND AURORA waiting impatiently to dock. At midday Z she was just passing under the Golden Gate bridge. She is due to arrive at the Panama Canal on the evening of 7 Nov. This agrees with my estimate of her arriving in Zeebrugge on 20 Nov and Southampton on 22 Nov.
GRAND AURORA has docked at Pier 80 and will commence loading shortly. I estimate she will arrive in Zeebrugge around 24 Nov.
TOSCANA No position update from her. She is due to arrive in Zeebrugge on 27 Nov.
Getting the maximum number of ships through the locks is a puzzle with many variables and one that numerous universities around the world have attempted to solve once and for all. The trouble is that any algorithm produced to date hasn't successfully factored in all the possible variables and so a human still runs the show from a control room. The problem got more complicated by the addition of the new locks which can take much bigger ships but the canal width at the Culebra Cut still will not allow these big ships to safely pass each other.
So for the moment there is a one way system in force with northbound and southbound waves.
So for the moment there is a one way system in force with northbound and southbound waves.
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