Panama Canal W-E, Panama City

Transit Panama Canal, Panama

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January 20th 2008
This transition was pretty much like the previous one - except, of course, in reverse. We arrived at the eastern end of the canal at Port of Colón (Crisóbal). We waited to join our convoy of other vessels preparing to transit the canal. The general direction of the canal passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific is from northwest to southeast, because of the shape of the isthmus at the point the ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama » Colón

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With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal ... ... read more