Special to The New York Times. June 11, 1902; ... which practically locates the canal on the Panama route. ... and that Congress will adjourn without decisive action.

The riots led to the renegotiation of the Panama Canal treaties. In 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and the Panamanian leader Omar Efraín Torrijos signed the Torrijos-Carter Treaties.

Could Mexico’s shipping corridor be the future of global trade? With rising costs and congestion at the Panama Canal, Mexico is reviving an old dream - a land-based interoceanic route. But will it ...

Based on their estimates, if a ship were traveling at 20 knots, the time it would take for it to travel from San Francisco to New York City would be at least 11 days if the ship used the Panama Canal.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting Panama in his first international trip. Here’s what to know about the Panama Canal and Trump’s claims about it.

The Panama Canal is no stranger to global attention. President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to “demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America, in full, quickly and ...

Feb. 2 (UPI) --U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned President José Raúl Mulino of Panama on Sunday that the current status of the Panama Canal -- which President Donald Trump wants to ...

A cargo ship traverses the Miraflores Locks, the last part of the Panama Canal before vessels reach the Pacific Ocean, in Panama City, on January 8, 2025. Alejandro Cegarra/The New York Times/Redux ...

PANAMA CITY, Aug 10 (Reuters) - The drought-hit Panama Canal has temporarily limited the number of new reserved passage slots to help ease a bottleneck of ships that are waiting to transit without ...

Every day, the Panama Canal uses triple the amount of water as New York City. Less cargo and goods can flow through the waterway right now because of low water levels.

The project, which will require a bidding process, involves building a dam on the Indio River, west of the maritime route, to prevent future restrictions on ship transit due to water shortages, ...

The Panama Canal is no stranger to global attention. President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to “demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America, in full, quickly and ...