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July 20, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
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December 29, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
January 10, 2006	Featured article candidate	Promoted
July 12, 2009	Featured article review	Demoted
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Expansion completion date vs. Panamamax vessel in photo date

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]

No mention of the US invasion of Panama

It came to my attention that the article doesn't mention the US invasion of Panama. Is there a reason? 46.19.86.168 (talk) 16:11, 25 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Why should it be mentioned? This article is about the Panama Canal, not about Panama. The Banner talk 17:19, 25 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

not a single word on ecological and ecosystem impacts,

just praise — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.71.34.207 (talk) 12:33, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking exactly the same. Bountykilla (talk) 14:39, 5 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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]

Panama canal lock sizes

File:Panama canal lock sizes.png says that the maximum DWT for New Panamax is 60–100. This is obviously wrong. It's also wrong in the original source at eia. Maybe this is supposed to be thousands? GA-RT-22 (talk) 17:26, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. I've added a note to the page talk on Commons. Perhaps there's an replacement table available somewhere? - Davidships (talk) 12:37, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Multimedia Writing and Rhetoric

This article is currently the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 28 August 2024 and 12 December 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Msalceda1 (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Prof Whitney (talk) 14:46, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]