Drained for maintenance, the Miraflores Locks remain impressive after 93 years of operation. A recently approved expansion plan will double canal capacity by 2015. In late August, traffic jams at ...

was initially received at the Miraflores Locks by Vice President of Operations for the Panama Canal Boris Moreno. The tour continued at the Cocolí Locks where Ambassador Cabrera was welcomed by ...

FILE -- Ships crossing the Gatún locks in the Panama Canal, July 10, 2024. To imagine the kind of future a hotter, dryer climate may bring, and the geopolitical challenges it will create, look no ...

The United States and Panama have officially signed a new defense and security pact aimed at reinforcing control over the Panama Canal, a move that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claims is ...

With about 3 percent of the world’s maritime trade carried through its locks, the Panama Canal is a 24-hour operation. “Business as usual,” said Captain Hallax. “Always business as usual ...

The Panama Canal Authority shortened the chamber size in some of its locks to use less water for smaller vessels and minimized direction changes. In January 2025, the authority approved plans to ...

The lock system at the Panama Canal operates like stair steps. There are multiple lock chambers within each lock and it takes about 10 minutes for 27.5 million gallons on water to enter a chamber ...

Panama maintains that it has full control over the canal and that the Hong Kong-based group's operation of the ports did not amount to Chinese control over the waterway, and that therefore the ...

WASHINGTON — A top Senate Republican accused Panama Tuesday of violating the treaty giving the Central American nation control over the vital Panama Canal shipping lane — saying the country ...

But dependent on the US to protect their freedom from Colombia, Panama’s hands were tied. The US imported workers to build the canal from across the Caribbean. An ingenious system of locks ...

Of the many sweeping changes President Trump has been focused on during his return to the White House is control over the Panama Canal ... U.S. trade route. The canal uses locks at each end ...

File photo: President Jimmy Carter views the Panama Canal at the Miraflores Locks in Canal Zone on June 17, 1978. File photo: A cargo ship traverses the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in ...