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The Panama Canal is located in the Central American country of Panama, crossing the Isthmus of Panama and connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

The Panama Canal is located in Panama, a Central American country. It crosses the Isthmus of Panama and connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. It is an important shipping channel and is known as the "World Bridge" one of the seven engineering wonders of the world. The Panama Canal was built by the United States and opened to navigation in 1914. Now owned and managed by the Republic of Panama, it is a lock-type canal.

The length from one coastline to the other is about 65 kilometers (40 miles), and from the deep waters of the Caribbean to the deep waters of the Pacific side is about 82 kilometers (50 miles) , the widest place is 304 meters, and the narrowest place is 152 meters.

Introduction to the New Canal

With the expansion of world economic and trade exchanges, increasingly busy maritime transportation, and the development of shipbuilding technology, the Panama Canal can no longer meet today's maritime transportation requirements. Every year, hundreds of ships from various countries are unable to pass through the canal due to their large tonnage. The idea of ??digging a new canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean came into being.

The Panama Canal is responsible for 5% of the world's trade freight volume, and 23% of the trade freight volume between the United States and Asia needs to pass through this canal. However, due to its old design, the Panama Canal has become a bottleneck in the development of modern maritime trade to some extent.

At present, the Panama Canal still uses the design of more than 100 years ago. It can only navigate 76,000-ton cargo ships, which is far from meeting the needs of modern maritime trade. Many cargo ships that do not meet Panama Canal standards have to go around Cape Horn. Seeing the huge potential of transoceanic maritime trade, Panama's neighboring countries have begun to seek alternative projects to build the Panama Canal.

The above refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Panama Canal