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. Capt.

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Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino says he hopes a legal battle with a Hong Kong firm over Panama Canal ports does not ...

Already having stated his desires for U.S. military and commercial ships to get free passage through the Panama Canal, President Donald Trump has expanded his wish list. The U.S. president said in a ...

Shortly after his inauguration, President Donald Trump said he wanted to have greater control and influence of the Panama Canal, saying: “We didn’t give it to China. We gave it to Panama, and we’re ...

If U.S. military ships are allowed free passage through the Panama Canal, as President Donald Trump’s administration has demanded, all other nations’ military vessels would transit free, too, the head ...

Disney Cruise Line's Disney Adventure became the largest passenger vessel by capacity and gross tonnage to cross the Panama Canal on Monday. The operation showcased the famous canal’s ability to ...

The Panama Canal is considering an idea to build a pipeline to ship liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) across the key trade chokepoint to potentially bring gas from the U.S. to Japan, according to the ...

A Panama Canal cruise checks a lot of boxes for senior travelers: itineraries promise warm weather, a culturally-rich region and one of the world’s great engineering spectacles. Most cruises are ...

PANAMA CITY — Panama's president will ask voters to approve a multibillion-dollar plan for expanding the Panama Canal to accommodate huge modern cargo ships in what would be the waterway's biggest ...

FILE PHOTO: The Balboa Port is pictured after Hong Kong's CK Hutchison agreed to sell its interests in a key Panama Canal port operator to a BlackRock Inc-backed consortium, in Panama City. By ...