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On top, several vessels waiting at Gatun Lake to cross the locks. At the bottom is the canal connecting to the Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea). At the left of the existing locks is the construction area for the new set of locks with water-saving chambers, part of the Panama Canal expansion project which opened for traffic in June 2016. [2
A New Panamax ship passes through the Panama Canal's Agua Clara lock in 2019. The Atlantic Bridge is seen in the background.. The Panama Canal expansion project (Spanish: ampliación del Canal de Panamá), also called the Third Set of Locks Project, doubled the capacity of the Panama Canal by adding a new traffic lane, enabling more ships to transit the waterway, and increasing the width and ...
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Since 2000 the canal has been operated by the Panama Canal Authority, whose administrator, deputy administrator and 11-member board are selected by Panama’s government but operate independently.
A ship is guided through the Panama Canal's Miraflores locks near Panama City on April 24, 2023. (Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images) Editor’s Note: This story originally published on December 23, 2024.
The Panama Canal uses a lot of fresh water from the Gatún Lake, which is Panama City's primary source of potable water. For each ship that passes through, about 200 million liters (52 million gallons) of freshwater are needed. This water use has serious environmental and social impacts.
Latin American leaders on Monday rallied to Panama's defense after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reimpose U.S. control over the Panama Canal, a key global shipping route located ...
English: 24 hour time-lapse of the upper chamber of the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, Panama. Looking north to the Pedro Miguel Locks and Centennial Bridge. Image every 30 seconds from 12.Nov.2012, 12:00 until 13.Nov.2012, 12:00. These 2880 images are displayed at 24 frames per second, video length 2 minutes.