Call it a new era for Panama Canal cruises. The official opening of the 48-mile-long waterway's massive new locks on Sunday will add a new twist to what long has been a bucket list item for ...

GATUN, Panama — The Panama Canal’s expansion is finally beginning to look like a channel that will float some of the biggest ships in the world by mid-2015.

Panama and the U.S. signed a new security pact on the canal, boosting defense ties as tensions with China over Latin American influence continue to rise.

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino urged member nations at the Mercosur Summit in Buenos Aires, to back the Río Indio ...

The new locks are 1,400 feet long and 180 feet wide. Big container ships are 1,200 feet long and 160 feet wide. Tugboats fore and aft measure nearly 100 feet each.

The Panama Canal’s new, larger locks should open by April as scheduled despite leakage problems, the waterway’s administrator said, but he wants to see steel reinforcements installed before ...

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 ...

The new Panama Canal locks, capable of handling larger ships, opened in the summer of 2016, reshaping international supply chains. Accommodating the new ships, ...

The right-wing Mulino government has imposed Operation Omega to crack down on working class resistance to austerity measures.

Tekniq - Video. Panama Canal: How Gigantic Locks Open to Pass Ships Through. Posted: April 2, 2025 | Last updated: April 23, 2025. In this episode on Tekniq, we delve into the operations of the ...