Rappler's latest stories on Panama Canal
The week in photos: May 12-18, 2018
This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world
Panama opens expanded canal to newer, bigger ships
The expansion work carried out since 2007 – and delivered two years late at a cost of at least 5 5 billion – allows a new generation of much larger ships known as Neopanamax class vessels to ply the canal
Builders vow to repair leak in Panama Canal
A Spanish construction group detects cracks in one of the canal s walls
Drought causes Panama Canal to reduce ship size
The Panama Canal Authority says the maximum ship draft will be cut to 11 89 meters 39 feet from September 8 affecting 18 5 of vessels that normally transit the link between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
Panama Canal claims $737M in cost overruns
Workers at the Panama Canal have been on strike since Tuesday December 23
Panama Canal turns 100 facing 21st-century problems
For Panama the canal has meant progress We were transformed from a forgotten province of Colombia into an independent state that could choose its future
Panama, Spanish-led consortium bargain over canal work
The multi billion dollar plan to build larger locks on the 80 kilometer waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans stopped in a row over who will pay an additional 1 6 billion bill
Panama says canal work suspended, company denies
The Panama Canal Authority said the consortium led by Spanish builder Sacyr stopped work after negotiations broke down but the company later announced that it made a final offer to prevent a shutdown
Proposal offered as Panama Canal dispute simmers on
A consortium working on expanding the Panama Canal proposes that local authorities cofinance a huge budget gap
Panama, builders make rival offers to end canal spat
The offers are aimed at ending a a 1 6 billion dispute that threatens to paralyze the expansion of the major waterway
Spanish minister in Panama to end $1.6-bn canal impasse
The goal is to mediate in a conflict between Panama and the construction group working on the canal expansion led by Spanish builder Sacyr
North Korean officials to Panama for Cuba arms case
Political counselor Ra Yun Bak and Havana based diplomat Ri Il Gyu were to visit for two days to discuss the sailors fate with prosecutor Javier Caraballo
Panama slaps $1 million fine on N. Korean ship
The Panama Canal Authority slapped a million dollar fine on a North Korean cargo ship caught with an undeclared shipment of Cuban weapons
N. Koreans end visit to Panama over seized ship
North Korean diplomats ended a two day visit to Panama to discuss the status of the crew of a North Korean freighter caught with undeclared Cuban arms
Panama: North Korea ship's arms violated UN sanctions
Panama says the cargo undoubtedly violates UN sanctions which supports the course of action Panama took
North Korea says seized Cuba arms part of legitimate deal
North Korea said that Cuban arms seized from a Pyongyang flagged ship near the Panama Canal were part of a legitimate deal
Panama wants North Korea ship probed; Cuba says weapons own
UPDATE Havana said the obsolete weaponry included anti aircraft missile arrays disassembled missiles and other parts without mentioning where they were being sent
