The MSC Marie transited through the Panama Canal on August 30, setting a new record for the largest-capacity container ship to sail the route. The 366-meter (1,200 feet) Neopanamax ship has a ...

The Panama Canal will expand restrictions on the largest ships crossing the waterway, ... limit neo-Panamax container ships to a depth limit of 43.5 feet (13.3 metres) ...

Tekniq - Video. How Massive Container Ships Cross the Panama Canal. Posted: March 5, 2025 | Last updated: July 10, 2025. In this episode of Tekniq, we witness an extraordinary feat of engineering ...

The Panama Canal will impose lower draft restrictions on the largest ships passing through the key global trade route due to falling water levels at nearby lakes that form part of the waterway ...

PANAMA CITY, Panama . More than 100 years ago when the SS Ancon sailed into the history books as the first ship to transit the Panama Canal, the waterway was a display of American ingenuity and ...

Container ships are its most important business segment. A prior expansion, which introduced a third set of locks in 2016, has allowed the waterway to focus more on container ships than bulk carriers.

The Panama Canal, one of the major shipping routes through which 40 percent of container goods sold in America travels, currently has a 21-day wait time for ships attempting to make the passage.

Panama Canal officials controlling the ships through the canal, a crossing that runs 50 miles and typically takes 12 hours. Image A hydroelectric plant on Lake Alajuela, near the canal.

A cargo ship waits on Gatun Lake for its transit through the Panama Canal. The U.S. is the main source of traffic, with close to 72.1% of cargo passing through the canal either originating from or ...

Trump has accused Panama of charging U.S. ships exorbitant rates to transit the canal, which he said was “foolishly” given away by President Jimmy Carter as part of the Torrijos-Carter ...

For over 40 years, Capt. Efraín Hallax, 73, has been steering vessels through the canal, and he has seen it all, from a dictator’s fall to the rise of U.S. interest in retaking the waterway.