BIMCO said routes around the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn have been perceived as more reliable and flexible.

That construction of the railroad had cost upwards of 6,000 ... Stevens would dam the mighty Chagres to create the vast Gatun Lake in Panama's interior. A series of locks would raise ships from ...

The canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Before the canal, ships had to sail 13,000 miles around the tip of South America An artificial lake across Panama connects the oceans. The Gatun ...

It might also be fueling ecological upheaval. Scientists with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute on Lake Gatún in Panama during nighttime field work.Credit... Supported by By Raymond ...