Viewing the marvels of engineering that are the existing locks at the Panama Canal long has been a core appeal of canal sailings, and the chance to see the new locks in action could give ...

From January through May, the stretch generated double-digit growth for container shipping sailings from the year prior, both northbound and southbound through the canal. Alphaliner calculated a 10.2 ...

People use boats for all kinds of reasons, and in the same way, there are all kinds, shapes, sizes, and ages of locks used ...

A new era for Panama Canal cruises kicked off over the weekend as a passenger vessel transited the waterway's new, bigger locks for the first time. Disney Cruise Line's 83,308-ton Disney Wonder ...

More than half the $5.25 billion budgeted for the expansion of the Panama Canal -- $3.35 billion -- will be spent on new single-lane, three-step locks at the Atlantic and Pacific entrances ...

Jorge Quijano, chief executive of the Panama Canal Authority, said he expects the new locks will help Panama bring “back home” some of the services that have switched to the Suez. Work on the ...

The $5.25-billion expansion of the Panama Canal entered its latest phase in June, as the recently completed Atlantic and Pacific locks of the new third lane were flooded for the first time.

The new locks of the Panama Canal, which will be inaugurated Sunday, were delivered Saturday by the consortium managing the project, while the finishing touches on the locks will be conducted at a ...

A look at the Panama Canal and its newly ... the waterway each day, and the canal is estimated to handle 6 percent of world maritime commerce. The new locks: The $5.25 billion project was ...

PANAMA CITY (AP) – Amid exploding fireworks and waving flags, a Chinese ship carrying more than 9,000 containers on Sunday entered the newly expanded locks that will double the Panama Canal's ...

The new locks, built by Panama without help from other governments, were sold to the nation and the world as a way to ensure that the canal remained as much of a lifeline in the hyperglobalized ...