Whether the U.S. or Panama own the Panama Canal, one of the largest routes for ship traffic in the world still faces horrible ...

In recent years the operation of the Panama Canal has been increasingly affected by changes in rainfall, and some data ...

President Donald Trump has called for the US to retake control of the Panama Canal unless the cost of passage for naval and merchant ships is slashed. Trump’s refusal to rule out the use of force is a ...

BIMCO said routes around the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn have been perceived as more reliable and flexible.

More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans — and 25 years after the canal was returned to Panama by the US — the Panama Canal ...

The President accused China of “lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal.” The truth is more complicated.

I promised a follow-up essay addressing the Panama Canal’s physical ... in the oceans or in Gatun Lake, the interior highland lake that is the lock system’s main water source.

If you are desperate to see the canal in action but can’t make it to Panama, the ACP livestreams activity at five sets of locks, and the canal runs 24 hours a day. To do a deeper dive into the ...

President Trump is wrong when he says China controls the Panama Canal. But the U.S. rival does have influence there, and the ...

The Danish cargo ship Lars Maersk sails on Gatun Lake near the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon City, Panama, on December 28, 2024. (Arnulfo Franco/AFP via Getty Images) After Panama ...

Opening of the Panama Canal showing American Steamship SS Ancon leaving the west chamber of the upper Gatun locks and entering Gatun Lake, Panama, August 15, 1914. - PhotoQuest/Getty Images The US ...