The project aims to increase the Panama Canal's transshipment capacity to up to 6.0 million TEUs per year, and boost its capacity to transport propane, butane, and ethane.

PANAMA CITY, Panama • On a hot September morning, a powerful explosion demolished a rocky slope on the banks of the Panama Canal, announcing to the world a massive expansion that the canal's managers promised would transform global trade when it was completed in 2014, on time and under budget.

Panama’s Attorney General Luis Carlos Gomez has confirmed that the government has taken over 160 legal and investigative actions. These investigations pertain to two major ports on the Panama Canal. The ports are run by Panama Ports Company,

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Communities in Panama that would have to relocate under the Panama Canal's plan to build a $1.6 billion reservoir filed a Supreme Court challenge on Thursday, saying the project intended to enable more vessel transits is ...

Panama's government won a lawsuit against Spanish company Sacyr, officials said Friday, after the firm claimed it was owed around $2.3 billion for its work expanding the Panama Canal. Sacyr sued Panama in 2018, alleging the Central American country ...

Magdalena Martínez has always lived on the banks of the Indio River. But her house will be submerged by a new reservoir for the Panama Canal, and like her neighbors, she plans to resist until the end. The 49-year-old woman shares a simple wooden home with ...

The century-old Panama Canal is in the midst of an expansion that is meant to keep it in business for many years to come. But can the famed Canal keep up with the container ship-building boom that has ports from the West Coast to East busy rebuilding?

Discover the history of the Panama Canal. Learn from when the construction began, how this waterway connects the Atlantic and Pacific, and its importance for global trade.