2. The Panamá Canal history goes back to the early explorers of
America. The narrow land bridge between North and South America
offered a unique opportunity to create a water passage between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
3. Artificially created in 1913 by the damming of the Chagres
River, Gatun Lake is an essential part of the Panama Canal which
forms a water passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans,
permitting ship transit in both directions.
4. he toll is calculated differently for passenger ships and for container
ships carrying .As of May 1, 2009.
Passenger vessels in excess of 30,000 tons (PC/UMS), known
popularly as cruise ships, pay a rate based on the number of berths,
that is, the number of passengers that can be accommodated in
permanent beds.
5. During construction, ownership of the territory that
is now the Panama Canal was first Colombian, then
French, and then American. The US continued to
control the canal and surrounding Panama Canal
Zone until the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties
provided for handover to Panama
7. Some 35 ships pass daily through the isthmus, leaving the Central
American country daily income of about $ 6 million. Jorge Quijano,
administrator of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) revealed details
of what will come after its enlargement.
8. The Panama Canal had its
100-year anniversary on
August 15, 2014.
