China is threatening to block a U.S.-proposed sale of two ports on the Panama Canal because it serves as a strategic advantage in the region.

The Panama Canal, often heralded as one of the wonders of the modern world, is far more than a feat of engineering -- it is a ...

Did you know that Nicaragua was about to begin construction of a new shipping canal across Central America linking the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans? The project has flown under the radar and remains ...

The news: Nearly 100 years after construction on the Panama Canal was completed, plans are in motion to build yet another waterway in Central America to connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. In ...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on his first foreign trip in office, arriving in Central America on Saturday to press President Donald Trump's top priority — curbing illegal ...

Erie Canal solved one of America’s biggest logistical problems: how to quickly move people and goods from the Great Lakes to ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Matthew Smith, Miami University (THE CONVERSATION) Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, ...

Panamanian health authorities have ruled that the MS Zaandam, a Holland America cruise ship with two confirmed cases of COVID-19 on board, cannot enter the canal due to health and safety concerns.

Forty five years after the U.S. first considered building a canal through Central America, the Panama Canal opened to the public. French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps completes work on the Suez Canal ...

Between fall 2017 and spring 2018, travelers hoping to cruise through two different oceans while exploring the lakes and locks of the Panama Canal can choose among eight different Holland America Line ...