How the Panama Canal Works

Video of How the Panama Canal Works, more details see also this page here at Wikipedia and this website here for Panama Canal History.

MAERSK DAMIETTA PANAMA CANAL

The MAERSK DAMIETTA CARGO SHIP is seen here in her south bound Panama Canal transit in the Miraflores locks, today 27 October 2010.

MAERSK DAMIETTA

Ship Type: Cargo
Year Built: 2008
Length x Breadth: 294 m X 32 m
DeadWeight: 67410 t
Speed recorded (Max / Average): 26.5 / 10.5 knots

The Island Princess Cruise Ship

The Island Princess cruise ship, owned and operated by Princess Cruises line, is seen here in her south bound Panama Canal transit in the Miraflores locks today October 26 2010.

The Island Princess Cruise Ship

Island Princess
Tonnage: 91,627
Passenger Capacity: 1,970
Registry: Bermuda
Length: 964’

The MAERSK JAUN and the PEQUOT Cargo Ships

The MAERSK JAUN and the PEQUOT Cargo Ships in the Miraflores locks in their north bound Panama Canal transit on October 25 2010.

The MAERSK JAUN and the PEQUOT Cargo Ships

The Coral Princess Cruise Ship

The Coral Princess cruise ship owned and operated by Princess Cruises line, is seen here on her north bound Panama Canal transit leaving the Miraflores Locks and heading to the Pedro Miguel Locks.

The Coral Princess Cruise Ship

The Coral Princess Cruise Ship
Tonnage: 88,000
Passenger Capacity: 1,970
Registry: Bermuda
Length: 964’

The Sea Princess Cruise Ship

Sea Princess (formerly Adonia) is a Sun-class cruise ship operated by the Princess Cruises line. She is seen here in the Miraflores Locks on her north bound Panama Canal transit on October 20 2010.

Sea Princess

The Sea Princess Cruise Ship
Class and type: Sun-class cruise ship
Length:     261 m (856 ft)
Beam:     32 m (105 ft)
Decks:     14
Capacity:     1,950 passengers
Crew:     900 crew

MS Veendam Cruise Ship

The MS Veendam is one of Holland America Line's Cruise ships here she is seen in her south bound Panama Canal transit (leaving the Gatun Locks) on October 19 2010.

MS Veendam Cruise Ship

The MS Veendam Cruise Ship
Length: 719 ft (219 m)
Beam: 101 ft (31 m)
Decks: 11
Speed: 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Capacity: 1,350 passengers
Crew: 580

Panama Canal Timelapse

Panama Canal Timelapse, Found at Youtube.com: A time-lapse journey through the Panama Canal from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean onboard a cruise ship.

The Island Princess Cruise Ship

The Island Princess Cruise Ship seen here entering the Pedro Miguel Locks in her north bound Panama Canal transit today October the 16th 2010.

The Island Princess Cruise Ship

The Island Princess
Tonnage: 91,627
Passenger Capacity: 1,970
Length: 964’

The Island Princess in the Gatun Locks - Colon

NEW: Real Time Panama Canal Ships Location GPS Map

NEW from Canal-Cruise-Panama.com Information on Panama Canal Cruises and what else to do around the Panama Canal

This great feature is a real time updates GPS map of the Panama Canal with the location of all ships at any given moment! Check out this cool new map here:

NEW: Real Time Panama Canal Ships Location GPS Map

Panama Canal Map

One Millionth Ship Crosses Panama Canal

The Chinese freighter "Fortune Plum"  has become the one millionth vessel to cross the Panama Canal three years ahead of the waterway's 100th anniversary.

View to the Panama Canal
Miraflores and Pedro Miguel Locks from the Ancon Hill

Lady Rosemary Cargo Ship

The Lady Rosemary Cargo Ship seen here in a photo from last year when she was waiting at Amador for her northbound Panama Canal transit.

Lady Rosemary Cargo Ship

Ship Type: Cargo
Length x Breadth: 143m X 23m
Speed recorded (Max / Average): 19.7 / 19.2 knots
Flag: Panama [PA]

Queen Elizabeth names Cunard's cruise ship in Southampton

"Queen Elizabeth"

BBC News reports here: "The Queen has officially named Cunard's new Queen Elizabeth cruise ship in the port of Southampton."
And we cant wait to see this great Cruise Ship here doing her first Panama Canal transit.

Ship facts:
Guest Capacity     2,068
No. of Crew     996
Length      964.5 feet
Width     106 feet
Draft     25.9 feet

The ms Statendam and The Celebrity Mercury

The ms Statendam and The Celebrity Mercury both in their north bound Panama Canal Transit seen here today October 11 2010 in the Miraflores locks.

The ms Statendam and The Celebrity Mercury

The Coral Princess Cruise Ship

The Coral Princess Cruise Ship in her southbound Panama Canal today October 10 2010
Passenger Capacity: 1,970
Length: 964’
Height: 204’
Beam: 122’ (including bridge wing)

The Coral Princess Cruise Ship in the Miraflores Locks

Prince Albert II Expedition Cruise Ship

Prince Albert II Expedition Cruise Ship seen here in the Gatun Locks enetering the Panama Canal today October 09 2010 on a rainy day, well its rainy season and October is normaly the month with the most rain.

Capacity: 132
Average Speed: 14 knots
Length: 354 feet
Beam: 52 feet
Number of Passenger Decks: 5
Number of Outside Rooms: 66

Prince Albert II Expedition Cruise Ship

Cargo Ships in the Panama Canal

Cargo Ships waiting for their Panama Canal Transit

The canal is presently handling more vessel traffic than had ever been envisioned by its builders. In 1934 it was estimated that the maximum capacity of the canal would be around 80 million tons per year; canal traffic in 2009 consisted of 299.1 million tons of shipping.

Cargo Ship approaching the Bridge of Las Americas on a rainy Day

The SS Oriana in the Panama Canal

The SS Oriana seen here today in her south bound in the Panama Canal transit

The SS Oriana
Length: 245.1 m
Beam:     30.5 m
Capacity:1,750 passengers
Crew: 780

The SS Oriana in the Miraflores Locks October 06 2010

View at the same moment from the Oriana onboad live webcam

Cargo Ships in the Miraflores Locks

Panama Canal:
Cargo Ships in the Miraflores Locks

Cargo-Ships in the Miraflores Locks

Norwegian Pearl

Norwegian Pearl

Length: 965 ft (294.13 m)
Decks: 15
Speed: 25 knots
Capacity: 2394 passengers
Crew: 1100 crew

The Norwegian Pearl in her north bound Panama Canal Transit today here seen leaving the Gatun Locks heading to the Caribbean.

Norwegian Pearl

The Coral Princess in the Miraflores Locks

The attached image shows the Coral Princess in the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal in her north bound transit  today.

The Coral Princess in the Miraflores Locks