The map shows a generalized version of the route ships take through the canal and across Gatun Lake. At the end of the week, graphics and maps summarize transits by market segment and tonnage.

Trade through the Panama Canal, the second-busiest man-made shipping lane, has also dipped by 30% since November. But while the Suez’s problems are geopolitical , those in Panama are climatic.

Panama's president denounced Mr. Trump's remarks and said "The Canal is Panamanian" in a social media post.. Below is a look at where the two places are and what Mr. Trump has said about wanting ...

The 50-mile Panama Canal was a multi-national, multi-decade project to link two oceans and transform global shipping. After completion in 1914, the canal helped turn the United States into an ...

Donald Trump has long been fixated on the Panama Canal, a crucial shipping route between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. He has railed against rising tolls on American ships (though the increases ...

Donald Trump says the U.S. needs control of Greenland and the Panama Canal "for national security." Here's why both places are so important.