The security of the Panama Canal is vital to the U.S. economy and military, leading to concerns over China's presence in the ...

Panama begins a project to improve the canal, constructing two new locks and widening of the passage. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2014.

have naturally directed the attention of the government once more to the question of the proper width to be given to the locks of the Panama Canal. It is the locks that determine the capacity of ...