From their vantage point in cranes overlooking the Panama Canal, operators scrutinize the century-old walls of one of its locks as the high-pitched siren of a merchant ship resonates from nearby. In ...

On Wednesday, Panama officials announced a new Multimodal Dry Canal project that will begin transporting international cargo across a “special customs jurisdiction” near the 110-year-old waterway.

As part of the canal’s recent expansion, Panama added a new lane at each entrance, with new locks that can raise and lower today’s king-size cargo ships. Naturally, the new locks are bigger ...

The Panama Canal Authority (PCA) is informing customers their latest conservation efforts to save water will include reducing the number of daily transits mostly in its Panamax locks to 32 to 30 ...

If you are desperate to see the canal in action but can’t make it to Panama, the ACP livestreams activity at five sets of locks, and the canal runs 24 hours a day.

The maximum ship depth for the key global waterway will be set at 47 feet (14.33 m) effective immediately, and on July 11, will deepen to 48 feet (14.63 m), the canal authority said in an advisory ...