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

The canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Before the canal, ships had to sail 13,000 miles around the tip of South America An artificial lake across Panama connects the oceans. The Gatun ...

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

Between September 2024 and January 2025, ship capacity in deadweight tonnes transiting through the Panama Canal was 10% lower ...

(MENAFN- Newsroom Panama) The accident that occurred on Lake Gatun, where a young sailor lost his life after falling from the deck of a ship into the water, has raised alarm bells about the ...

Water levels in Gatun Lake, the rainfall-fed principal reservoir that floats ships through the Panama Canal’s lock system, have “continued to decline to unprecedented levels for this time of ...

In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama, in 1999, as "a foolish gift that should have never been made".

“An epic drought in what was supposed to be Panama’s rainy season has brought the level of Gatún Lake— the freshwater reservoir that feeds the locks needed to move ships along the canal ...

At the Gamboa Rainforest Reserve, you’ll get on a boat and be taken into the heart of Gatun Lake. Gatun Lake is a large man-made lake located on the northern side of the country. It’s part of ...