Panama · North America · PABLB
Balboa
Canal or Lake · Medium harbour · Gulf of Panama; North Pacific Ocean
Port information
- Channel depth
- 15.5 m
- Anchorage depth
- 11 m
- Berth depth
- 16.3 m
- Tide range
- 5 m
- Max vessel draught
- 14.4 m
- Water
- fresh
- Likely soil (estimate)
- Silt / mud, Clay
- Position
- 8.950, -79.567
Dredgers that can do the job here
- TSHDTrailing suction hopper · Medium–jumbo (5,000 m³+)
Loose sand or silt in open water. Can work while ships keep moving and carry spoil long distances.
- WIDWater injection · Water injection
Cheap upkeep for fine silt in channels with a current.
- CSDCutter suction · Medium (400–550 mm)
Deepening work where spoil is pumped through a pipeline to land.