CECH Expresses Interest on Panama Canal Future Projects

Panama City, Panama, August 8, 2014

The Panama Canal Administrator Jorge L. Quijano held an informative meeting with a delegation headed by Mo Wenhe, Chairman of the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) and Wei Hua Wang, representative of the Chinese-Panamanian Office of Business Development.

Mo Wenhe showed interest in the development of projects in the Panama Canal during the upcoming years. "We are exploring our participation in all Canal projects, especially in the design, construction and financing of a Fourth Set of Locks," Wenhe said.

CHEC is a leading full-service provider of Engineering-Procurement-Construction (EPC), Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) and Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) for the public and private sectors. Currently, CHEC is present in over 80 countries including Panama and conducts projects worldwide for over US$10 billion. The company will be setting up its regional headquarters in Panama.

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Panama Canal Authority press release