The Panama Canal will close the west lane of the Pedro Miguel lock for five days later this month for maintenance, but ...

The United States and Panama have officially signed a new defense and security pact aimed at reinforcing control over the Panama Canal, a move that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claims is ...

At the height of the construction of the Panama Canal in the early 1900s ... everything is covered in vegetation.” When the new canal locks are done, much of the exposed geology will disappear ...

The American Society of Civil Engineers recognizes the Panama Canal as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. With its complex series of locks and massive scale, this man-made connection ...

Without enough freshwater flowing in, the canal’s locks can’t raise and lower ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Droughts mean fewer ships per day, and that can quickly affect ...

China's foothold threatens a canal both nations built, where workers perished together. Now, Panama and the U.S. aim to lock out foreign leverage. For global trade, it's a vital vein-especially ...