Disney's canal sailings in 2017 are scheduled to take place on the Disney Wonder, which can fit in both the old and new locks.

When the new locks eventually open for business, sometime in the first quarter of 2016, the grand new Panama Canal will have double the cargo capacity of the old.

The Panama Canal, a century-old shortcut connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans for global trade, carries a third of the trade from Asia to the Americas. Tomorrow, the 50-mile canal will open ...

This weekend, however, the focus was on celebrating the canal’s new era. The U.S. Embassy in Panama moved its annual Independence Day celebration up a week to join the festivities. On Saturday ...

In the old canal, locomotives on rails pull freighters and tankers through like a slingshot, with the help of tugs. With the new lane, the massive cargo ships will thread the needle under their ...

LONDON—Panama’s $5 billion investment to expand its century-old canal is paying off as shipping lines send more U.S.-bound cargoes through the passage instead of the Suez Canal.

PANAMA CITY, Panama - It's a new day in Central America. The $5.5 billion expansion of the hydraulic eighth wonder of the world, the Panama Canal, is expected to have a major impact on global ...