In Panama City, a Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine (TBM) is excavating a 4.5km long tunnel under the famous canal connecting the Caribbean Sea (Atlantic Ocean) with the Pacific Ocean.
Part of a new metro line with which the government of Panama wants to help ensure mobility, growth and development at the pinch point of world trade for generations to come.
The Herrenknecht Mixshield, that set off on a historic tunnelling mission in October 2024, is boring a tunnel with an inside diameter of 12m under the Panama Canal for the future metro line 3.
Many people who currently commute to the city on buses on congested country roads will in fact save several hours – each way.
The new line is set to act like a gigantic bypass. By relieving the chronically congested roads, it could help get the traffic moving again, and make everyday life noticeably easier for hundreds of thousands of people in the country.
Around the globe, huge challenges await tunnel builders and miners underground. Whether beneath the Gotthard massif, the Yangtze River or the complex pipeline network in New York – with tenacity, irrepressible will and the highest level of professionalism Herrenknecht boldly goes forward together with its customers.
To master every small and large underground construction project – Herrenknecht with its 5000 employees – develops project-specific tunnelling technologies that turn visions into reality.
For this reason, clients, contractors and planners around the world rely on Herrenknecht’s partnership and trust its brand promise.
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