An expansion of the Panama Canal will soon bring new, much larger shipping vessels to the Port of New York and New Jersey. A look at the preparations.

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA — Hordes of tourists clad in cruise line T-shirts and baseball caps shared the observation deck with men dressed in business suits and monogrammed company shirts. The crowd ...

Panamanians overwhelmingly approved the rebuilding of the Panama Canal in a low-turnout vote. Polls indicate a two-thirds majority in favor of the $5.3 billion project. Those in favor of the plan ...

The Vessels the Panama Canal was first built to accommodate, when it was completed in 1914, were 106 ft. (32 m) ... So in 2007, digging commenced. When the new locks open, ...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — It was supposed to be a grand celebration of the engineering triumph that forged a nation. Instead, the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal's opening Friday is being marred ...

TO DIG THE PANAMA CANAL; A. Hutin, Director General of the French Company, in Town. ON HIS WAY TO WASHINGTON Says He Comes from Paris to See What Interest the United States Will Take in the Project.

The southern part of Ometepe Island is barely touched by modernity. On the single dirt road that flanks Lake Nicaragua, pigs are left undisturbed t ...

Shortly after taking office, TR said of the Panama Canal that, "No single great material work which remains to be undertaken on this continent is as of such consequence to the American people." ...