More than half the $5.25 billion budgeted for the expansion of the Panama Canal -- $3.35 billion -- will be spent on new single-lane, three-step locks at the Atlantic and Pacific entrances, as ...

Ships gathered at the Panama Canal, visualised on a map. ... The restriction, disclosed to customers on Tuesday and in effect through August 21, affects the Canal’s old locks, ...

The famed locks at either end of the canal serve to raise and lower vessels from sea level to the height of the lake, about 85 ft total. The lake itself was created in 1913 by damming the Chagres ...

Additionally, 76% of the cargo transported was linked to the U.S., and more than three-quarters of that cargo passed through the Neopanamax locks. Government Update • Panama Canal Related News ...

PANAMA CITY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Vessel traffic at the Panama Canal's Miraflores locks was temporarily suspended due to a fire, the canal's administration said in a statement on Thursday.

Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Cargo vessels transit through the Panama Canal heading the Atlantic Ocean near the Agua Clara locks, in Colon, on the outskirts of Panama City, Panama May 3, 2024.