Save the Cruces Trail and Panama Canal Watershed

Not all ships (Chinamax) can go through the New Panama Canal Expansion Project   Gatún/Gatún Lake Defense Committee - 13 Nov. 2013 With the passage of time, information continues to surface that is making more apparent the reason for the rushed launch of the Panama Canal Expansion Project. Summarized below are conclusions, based on people's experiences and observations, as to its real goals. Separating facts from the hype surrounding the Project can permit addressing its growing list of problems. In December of 2002 word of the expansion project first reached most of Panamá's public by radio. The plan to add a new lane of larger locks for transiting Post-Panamax ships – ships too large to transit the Canal's original locks – was announced. These locks would use water-recycling tanks, placed beside each lock chamber of the system, which were to significantly reduce the amount of water required to transit ships relative to a similar system that does not have tan...