Panama and the U.S. signed a new security pact on the canal, boosting defense ties as tensions with China over Latin American influence continue to rise.

The Panama Canal will expand restrictions on the largest ships crossing the waterway, ... REUTERS/Aris Martinez/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab. PANAMA CITY, June 21 (Reuters) ...

After much-needed rain provided relief to Panama City, the Panama Canal has postponed imposing restrictions that would have required ships to carry less to float at higher depths.

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) board of directors approved plans to build a new reservoir in the Indio River watershed in an effort to mitigate impacts from future drought conditions ...

Panama Canal Authority officials are so optimistic the global shipping slump will end, they are thinking about how the canal will host even larger ships. New ships coming off the assembly line can ...

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.

A tugboat guides the massive Cosco Shipping Panama toward the new Panama Canal locks. The expanded canal, which originally opened in 1914, will be able to handle larger ships.

The original canal was completed in 1914. It was built by the U.S., and handed to Panama’s control in 1999. Construction on the new expansion began in 2007, and was scheduled for completion in ...

Magdalena Martinez has lived next to the Indio River all her life, but a planned dam aimed at shielding the Panama Canal from drought now threatens to swallow her home. The 49-year-old is one of ...

As ships got larger, the Panama Canal needed to expand to avoid becoming obsolete. A bigger channel will open Sunday, but many are concerned that it might not work as planned.