PANAMA CANAL, Panama -- It's barely an hour after daybreak when the Celebrity Millennium enters Balboa Harbor near Panama City, leaving the Pacific Ocean behind, but already the ship's outer decks ...

The Panama Canal Authority has further restricted the number of boats that can cross per day. The crucial junction relies on freshwater, which has been in short supply after an intense drought.

ON LAKE MIRAFLORES, Panama – Waiting to guide a cargo carrier toward the Panama Canal's southern locks, Benjamin Russo gazed from his tugboat at another vessel headed north toward the Caribbean ...

The famed Panama Canal is now home to the planet’s biggest traffic jam, ... MIELKE: Well, and I guess this raises this larger worry, which is like, if there's a boat accident there, ...

PANAMA CITY — A severe drought that began last year has forced authorities to slash ship crossings by 36% in the Panama Canal, ... causing a traffic jam of boats, casting doubts on the canal ...

There are two main options for boat tours, with one offering trips down the canal’s path that depart from Panama City on the Pacific side or Colon on the Atlantic, and the other visiting Gatún ...

Panama, March 6 (EFE). — The Panama Canal tugs, powerful ships which assist other much larger vessels, are ready to help complete the expansion work of the waterway, scheduled to finish in a few ...

The Panama Canal typically allowed around 36 crossings a day, but due to the low levels of water required to push boats through the passage, the canal authority has gradually lowered that number.

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday rejected U.S. claims that American warships and boats can transit the Panama Canal without paying a standard fee. In a weekly news conference ...

The Panama Canal in the final stages of construction, June 25, 1913. Photo: /Associated Press Letters ( Jan. 2 ) reacting to your Dec. 26 editorial “ Will Trump Invade Panama? ” miss several ...

For Panama Canal visitors, ... Tourists take pictures of the Miraflores locks during a boat trip through the Panama Canal on August 12, 2014. Rodrigo Arangua/AFP/Getty Images.