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

More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans — and 25 ...

In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama, in ...

Panama President José Raúl Mulino and the canal's operator denied the State Department’s claim that the country would allow U ...

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 ...

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

Born from “gunboat diplomacy,” the Panama Canal is under ... An ingenious system of locks designed by the US Army Corps of Engineers raised ships from ocean level to Gatun Lake, the largest ...

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 ...

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

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.