In a post on social networks, Panamanian president Mulino shared images capturing five key moments in the waterway's ...
A cargo ship sails through the Panama Canal, in Panama City, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File) U.S. Secretary ...
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The Surprising Efficiency of Canal Locks
People use boats for all kinds of reasons, and in the same way, there are all kinds, shapes, sizes, and ages of locks used for waterway navigation across the world. Freight is big business. “Shipping” ...
The $23 billion deal, announced by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings, transfers control of the Balboa and Cristobal ports to a consortium led by BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, and ...
It sits about 10 miles west of the edge of Lake Gatún, the enormous freshwater reservoir that feeds the mighty Panama Canal ... a vessel through a series of locks. All Things Considered recently ...
It’s “basically a water elevator,” said Ilya Espino de Marotta, deputy administrator of the Panama Canal Authority. A system of interconnecting locks raises ships around 26 meters (85 feet ...
The Marshall Islands cargo ship Cape Hellas (L) and the Portuguese cargo ship MSC Elma sail on Gatun Lake near the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon City, Panama, on December 28 ...