Sun-Rise

The 'Sun Rise' allided with the dock while berthing at Victoria, British Columbia, in position 48 24 57. 5, 123 23 20.3 W, on Jan 18, 2020, at 10.50 a.m. The dock sustained minor damages. As of Jan 21, the ship remained moored at Ogden Point.

PANAMA Canal Authority (ACP) is expecting the Marshall Islands-flagged heavy lift ship, the Sun Rise, en route from Trieste to deliver four new gates for its third set of locks by mid-June depending on weather conditions.

The first set of four gates that will be installed in the Panama canal’s new locks, have arrived in the country. They were welcomed by Panama President Ricardo Martinelli and members of the Panama Canal Authority board of directors, at Davis, on the Atlantic entrance of the waterway, onboard of the Marshall Islands-flagged STX Sun Rise. Two of the gates are destined for the Atlantic side and two for the Pacific side The construction of the gates, designed by Netherlands-based IV Groep under the direction of Montgomery Watson Harza –was awarded, by the consortium building the third set of locks, GUPC, to Italian shipyard and bridge builder Cimolai SpA that began the fabrication of the gates in October 2011. The 16 gates will have dimensions of up to 57.6 m x 10 m x 33 m, weighing up to 4,200 tonnes each and using 49,000 tonnes of steel for all the gates. http://www.seatrade-global.com/news/americas/lock-gates-arrive-in-panama-for-canal-expansion.html