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New to this but: article states the expansion to allow panamax vessels was completed June 26, 2016 but the panamax vessel in article photo states it is entering the lock in March 2013. Apologies if I am misunderstanding. Cheers, Billy Dogboy777 (talk) 04:52, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Billy. Great question – I believe that both the article and the photo caption are correct. The photo, which as you noted was taken in March 2013, shows a Panamax ship traversing the Miraflores locks before the expansion project was completed. On the other hand, the article states The new locks opened for commercial traffic on 26 June 2016, and the first ship to cross the canal using the third set of locks was a modern New Panamax vessel, the Chinese-owned container ship Cosco Shipping Panama. "New Panamax" refers to ships that are even larger than the old "Panamax" ships, and they pass through a set of new locks (the Agua Clara and Cocoli locks) that were constructed next to the old locks. See the photo to the right. So there is no contradiction between the article and the caption. Does this answer make sense? Best, Altamel (talk) 05:12, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Because the US used the enforcement of the canal treaties as part of its rationale for the invasion and arrest of Manuel Noriega. I would propose adding a sentence such as the following to the penultimate paragraph of the History > Later developments section (I would have done this myself had the article not been protected following Trump's recent remarks):
Yes, 47.71.34.207, Bountykilla couldnt agree with you more- it´s horrific how the thing is extolled. the article is dominated by engineering details. I just added merely the fact how it works and how water wasting this thing is-An average of 200,000,000 L (52,000,000 US gal) of fresh water used in a single passing.- none of this was mentioned. maybe we need to add a section?--Wuerzele (talk) 21:03, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Gatun is also the main freshwater reservoir for water for the population, which has doubled in size since 1980. Since there has been no change in freshwater collection the last sentence of the lede is at least incomplete if not outright fabrication. Greglocock (talk) 23:32, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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I have just merged the History section which had grown up in this article with the already existing article History of the Panama Canal. There will inevitably be duplications. Any compressions, refinements, etc. should be made in that article. SRamzy (talk) 14:58, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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