The Panama Canal Authority, known by its Spanish acronym ACP, is the quasi-governmental organization that oversees the waterway. ACP has launched a new $5.25-billion construction plan to alleviate ...

The Panama Canal changed global trade forever, but its creation came at a staggering human cost. Over 400 years of failed attempts, deadly tropical diseases, and engineering challenges turned this ...

In March, during a joint address to Congress, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that the United States would be ...

Often called one of the seven modern wonders of the world, the Panama Canal splits the continents of North and South America ...

For Panama Canal visitors, here’s a guide to experiencing and understanding the mega engineering project that captivates the world. ... Men are shown working on Panama Canal construction in 1913.

The Panama Canal expects to complete a billion-dollar construction of a new water reservoir within six years that will help ensure the passage of 36 ships a day, the administrator of the global ...

A lot has changed since the original Panama Canal was constructed 100 years ago. While the challenges at that time were daunting, pouring concrete in Panama in 2014 is not without its own set of ...

Commemorate the Panama Canal’s Expansion With These Photos From Its Construction The Panama Canal is opening a third lane to accommodate new mega cargo ships, a feat almost—but not quite—as ...

The construction of the 77-kilometer (48-mile) ship canal across the Isthmus of Panama a century ago transformed international trade, greatly reducing travel time between the Atlantic and the ...

The Panama Canal's impact on the geopolitical stage far outreaches its roughly 51-mile stretch of land and water. This week, we're trying to understand the canal's murky future - from climate ...

Panama's voters approved a 2006 referendum authorizing a major expansion of the canal to accommodate larger modern cargo ships. The expansion took until 2016 and cost more than $5.2 billion.

But he became entranced with the construction of the Panama Canal in 1913 after seeing a very early color film in Carnegie Hall. While the American market already had plenty of sketches and ...