This animation of the locks system of the Panama Canal demonstrates how a ship would travel across the Panamanian Isthmus. This "lake and lock" canal was favored by Theodore Roosevelt, who Chief ...

A video released from the US Coast Guard shows how one of its vessels travels through the Panama Canal ... get raised and lowered? The canal has a water lock system that acts like a massive ...

are too big to pass through the canal's lock system. By 2011, 37% of the world's container ships are estimated to be Post-Panamax. Under the 2007 construction plan, the Panama Canal Authority is ...