The Panama Canal Gets an Update
The century-old Panama Canal has a major shortcoming: New ships are too long, too deep and too wide to fit through it. by 2015, 40 percent of the world's fleet will have…
View ArticleNicaragua Enlists China To Build An Alternative To The Panama Canal
After a century as an only child, the Panama Canal is about to get a sister. Nicaragua announced recently that it is awarding China a contract to build an alternative to…
View ArticleLessons From The Panama Canal, 100 Years Ago
Popular Science, Dr. John Silas Lankford from the University of Texas describes how "the country where death with grim terror reigned as king, queen and prime minister has…
View ArticleHow The Panama Canal Changed The Shape Of War
One hundred years ago, the Panama Canal opened for the first time. A triumph of turn-of-the-century engineering, it connected Pacific and Atlantic, expanding the worlds of…
View ArticleMassive Panama Canal Upgrade Could Transform Global Shipping, Again
Over the past 20 years or so, traffic on the world’s oceans has quadrupled. Ships now carry 95 percent of the cargo imported to American shores. To move those goods more…
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