A veteran Panama Canal engineer becomes first woman to lead the interoceanic waterway

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino has announced Ilya Espino de Marotta as the new head of the Panama Canal, starting ...

Step Back in Time on the C&O Canal with a Free 19th Century Boat Tour

Nearly 200 years ago, the C&O Canal helped move coal, lumber, and passengers through parts of Maryland, Washington, D.C., and ...
CNN

Trump wants to reclaim the Panama Canal. He’d be taking on a waterway facing crisis

The Panama Canal is an extraordinary feat of engineering. This waterway, which slices 50 miles across the isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, is an artery of world trade and ...
NBC 7 San Diego

A history of the Panama Canal — and why the US can't just take it back

Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this republic will look back with the highest pride.” More than a century later, Donald Trump is threatening to ...
The New York Times

Drought Saps the Panama Canal, Disrupting Global Trade

The number of ships that can travel through the vital route has fallen sharply this year because of a lack of water for the locks, raising costs and slowing deliveries. Credit... Supported by By Peter ...