Two-thirds of the Panama Canal watershed’s freshwater goes to operate the locks. The country plans to build another reservoir ...

And his new plan of action would ultimately save the canal. The kind of work that needed done ... create the vast Gatun Lake in Panama's interior. A series of locks would raise ships from the ...

French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps completes work on the Suez ... too large for the canal, Panama begins a project to improve the canal, constructing two new locks and widening of the passage.

The security of the Panama Canal is vital to the U.S. economy and military, leading to concerns over China's presence in the ...

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 ...

If China wanted to disable the Panama Canal to stop the flow of U.S. ships, it likely could do so via a cyberattack, Chuck ...

Unlike the Suez Canal, which does not have locks, the Panama Canal relies on ... while some infrastructure work by Panama's government, including a bridge that could accommodate heavy equipment ...

This was completed in 1914, after 10 years of work. For the Canal Zone ... Royo also points out that Panama has built additional, larger locks for the Neo-Panamax ships since taking over the ...

A cargo ship goes through the Panama Canal's Cocoli locks in Panama City, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) ...