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How the Panama Canal lifts a million tons of ships every day, locks, water pressure, and gravity doing the heavy work

The Panama Canal does not raise ships with cranes, it raises the water around them using lock chambers, sluices, and simple hydrostatics. This breaks down why the gates are angled, how lock staircases ...

The battle over who runs the Panama Canal ports is about to be decided

The Panamanian Supreme Court is winding up deliberations in a lawsuit that could void a Chinese company’s license to operate ...