For Panama, expanding the canal will pump more money into the economy. In 2005, the canal contributed $545.1 million to the government's coffers from tolls ships paid to use it.

A. Hutin, Director General of the new Panama canal company, has come over from Paris to see what this Government thinks about the water route between the Atlantic and the Pacific.

Often called one of the seven modern wonders of the world, the Panama Canal splits the continents of North and South America ...

First, that the United States should press forward with Panama and other interested governments in plans and preparations for a sea-level canal in this area.

PANAMA CITY (Callaway Climate Insights) — President Donald Trump ’s threats to “take the Panama Canal back,” combined with climate change, have ignited a global debate over alternatives to ...

In late August, traffic jams at the Atlantic and Pacific entrances to the Panama Canal impeded a healthy chunk of the world's maritime commerce. Each day, on average, more than 40 massive ships ...

The social and racial divide along the Panama Canal zone in its American heyday was stark: a silver and gold, segregated system of pay – and life.

For Panama Canal visitors, here’s a guide to experiencing and understanding the mega engineering project that captivates the world.

In 2014, a Chinese-based company began work on a canal across Nicaragua that would have competed with the Panama Canal, but the project was abandoned before any actual digging had taken place.

The new blasting and digging provided “a fantastic opportunity to see fresh rocks,” says Carlos Jaramillo, a staff geologist and botanist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.

The Panama Canal needs more water. The solution could displace thousands. A proposed dam and reservoir along the Rio Indio would bring much-needed water, but at a steep cost.