It is part of the route that ships use to cross the Panamanian isthmus between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Along ...

China has long eyed the Panama Canal as a major competitor in global trade, and with the Nicaragua Canal project, it seemed ...

A Hong Kong conglomerate that’s selling ports at the Panama Canal says it may seek a Chinese investor to join a consortium of ...

China has warned that it may block the sale of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison's international ports, including one on either ...

Ships crossing the Gatún locks in the Panama Canal, July 10, 2024. - Federico Rios/The New York Times/Redux The Panama Canal is an extraordinary feat of engineering.

What is the canal? It is a man-made waterway that uses a series of locks and reservoirs over 51 miles (82 kilometers) to cut through the middle of Panama and connect the Atlantic and Pacific. It ...

What is the canal? It is a man-made waterway that uses a series of locks and reservoirs over 51 miles (82 kilometers) to cut through the middle of Panama and connect the Atlantic and Pacific. It ...

What is the canal? It is a man-made waterway that uses a series of locks and reservoirs over 51 miles (82 kilometers) to cut through the middle of Panama and connect the Atlantic and Pacific. It ...

Water began flooding into an expanded section of the Panama Canal as engineers begin testing new locks. It's a key step in a project that will affect trade across the world. (AP Photo/Tito Herrera) ...

FILE - President Jimmy Carter views the Panama Canal at the Miraflores Locks in Canal Zone on June 17, 1978. On Friday Carter signed the final Panama Canal Treaties giving control of the canal to ...

Panama’s voters approved a 2006 referendum authorizing a major expansion of the canal to accommodate larger modern cargo ships. The expansion took until 2016 and cost more than $5.2 billion.