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Corvera's Sacyr "Making Progress" with Panama Canal

Source: Reuters - Sat 11th Jan 2014
Corvera's Sacyr 'Making Progress' with Panama Canal

Sacyr, the Spanish building company leading a consortium expanding the Panama Canal, said on Friday it was making progress in negotiations with the waterway's operator over financing to avoid a damaging work stoppage on the massive project.

Visiting Panama, Sacyr Chairman Manuel Manrique played down an acrimonious spat over cost overruns, in which the consortium demanded more money from the canal administrator to continue work.

He told Reuters the consortium, which includes Italian builder Salini Impregilo, would process its claim for $1.6 billion in cost overruns via arbitration. The canal authority and consortium have both floated financing proposals, but it was not immediately clear how they would ensure cash-flow in the short term to keep the project going.

Earlier this month, the consortium threatened to halt work on January 20 unless the Panama Canal Authority footed the bill.

Closer to home, concerns have been expressed that any ongoing legal and financial difficulties likely to be experienced between Panama and Sacyr could impact on the operation of Murcia's Corvera International Airport.

Sacyr are the majority shareholder of Aeromur - the former concession holder and construction company behind the failed attempt to bring the facility into operation.

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