2024 - HAL Oosterdam Cruise - 537 of - Panama Canal Transit - 9 of 34 - Miraflores Locks

            The Oosterdam is entering the Panama Canal Miraflores locks.

A Mule #171 is attached to the ship with tether cables.

In the Miraflores locks, vessels are lifted (or lowered) 54 feet (16.5 m) in two stages, allowing them to transit to or from the Pacific Ocean port of Balboa in Panama City. 

Miraflores Locks are the first of 3 lock sets.  Miraflores locks are on the Pacific side of the canal.

Since 1914, the original three sets of dual parallel lane locks are still in operation.

The original locks of the Panama Canal are 33.53 meters (110 feet) wide, while each lock features a length of 320 meters (1,050 feet). The walls of each lock have a thickness ranges from 15 meters (at the base) to 3 meters (at the top).

The dimensions of the lock decide the size of a ship, which is also known as Panamax- that can pass through the canal. The third set of locks opened after the expansion project allows bigger vessels to cross the canal.

The new Panamax metrics, with the new locks, allows the ships with an overall length of 366 meters, a beam of 49 meters and a draft of 15.2 meters.  The total lift, the capacity to raise or lower a vessel, of the locks are; Gatun locks-85 feet, Pedro Miguel locks-54 feet and Miraflores- between 64.5 feet and 43 feet due to the extreme tides.

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Taken in: Panama / Panamá Oeste / Miraflores (show map)

Taken on: March 31, 2024

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