Two seas, two species of mischievous Panama monkeys, two types of lazy sloths, two ferry transits across the Panama Canal, ...

The Panama Canal Authority ... some 1,920 ports worldwide. The canal, used mainly by customers from the United States, China, and Japan, has a system of locks to raise and lower ships.

Trunks of submerged trees appear above Lake Alajuela, an artificial body formed in 1935 to support the Panama Canal. During 2023 and 2024, irregular droughts have forced canal authorities to limit 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 ...

The cause? Drought. The Panama Canal is an artificial waterway around 82 kilometres long with locks that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean for shipping, saving it the much longer ...

The "Panama Canal Repurchase Act," a bill that was recently introduced in Congress, would give Trump the authority to negotiate with appropriate Panamanian government officials to reacquire the ...

When President Trump raised concerns soon after taking office that China had too much power in the Panama Canal, his comments were initially ridiculed by Beijing. But Ta Kung Pao, a Hong Kong ...

Danish shipping powerhouse A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S purchased a railway linking ports at both ends of the Panama Canal, undermining the United States’ presence along a key trade route where Donald ...

The Panama Canal Railway operates a 76km railway along the Panama Canal. Credit: APM Terminals. A.P. Moller – Maersk division APM Terminals has purchased the Panama Canal Railway Company (PCRC) from ...

The Pentagon is reportedly exploring military options for the Panama Canal to ensure ongoing US access to the strategically important waterway, following a request from the White House.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Panama next week, as President Donald Trump says America is “reclaiming” the country’s eponymous canal. (Kevin Wolf/AP) Defense Secretary Pete ...