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 ...

Thousands of ships transit the Panama Canal every year, but few imagine what happens when one of its locks needs to be ...

People use boats for all kinds of reasons, and in the same way, there are all kinds, shapes, sizes, and ages of locks used ...

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 ...

“55% of trade goes through the Panama Canal go through the Third Set of Locks, especially LNG and energy products, so we have decided to enhance capacity to make sure that the Panama Canal ...

The Panama Canal system is made up of a series of waterways and locks connecting the country’s two coastlines via two artificial lakes: Gatún, which was created by the damming of the Chagres ...

Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, touring the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal in February 2025 Credit: Mark Schiefelbein “The way he negotiates is like a magician, he has his hand ...

The Panama Canal Authority , the autonomous ... Used mainly by customers from the United States, China and Japan, the canal has a system of locks to raise and lower ships and releases millions ...

Magdalena Martinez has lived next to the Indio River all her life, but a planned dam aimed at shielding the Panama Canal from ...

Magdalena Martinez has lived next to the Indio River all her life, but a planned dam aimed at shielding the Panama Canal ... China and Japan, the canal has a system of locks to raise and lower ...