PANAMA CITY (AP) – A look at the Panama Canal and its newly expanded locks, which are set for a test run this week and a formal launch June 26. Inaugurated on Aug. 15, 1914, the Panama Canal was ...

A tugboat leads the Neopanamax cargo ship, Cosco Shipping Panama, as it approaches the new Agua Clara locks, near the port city of Colon, Panama, Sunday June 26, 2016. The Chinese ship carrying more ...

The vital commercial artery depends on a supply of fresh water to move ships between the two oceans. Drought conditions that were once rare could become common by the end of the century, greatly ...

Thousands of ships transit the Panama Canal every year, but few imagine what happens when one of its locks needs to be repaired. The Pedro Miguel locks, one of the original structures built by the ...

The cargo ship Cosco Houston tests a new set of locks at the Panama Canal as part of a canal expansion project, in June 2016. Carlos Jasso/Reuters Panama has owned and administered the Panama Canal ...

The Panama Canal has incorporated two new 27-meter tugboats into its fleet. The vessels will assist ships during lock entry and exit maneuvers, as well as during their passage through the Culebra Cut, ...

The Panama Canal locks are due to be bigger than ever in 2014 as the inter-ocean route observes its 100th anniversary. They will be able to handle ships carrying as many as 12,600 containers each 20 ...