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 Panama Canal Operation

The Panama Canal runs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It has a highly efficient lighting system that allows night transits.

The channel has ceased functioning only global trade twice, as a result of the collapse on the way to 1915 and the December 20, 1989, during the U.S. invasion of Panama.

Despite its apparent complexity, the operation of the Canal is a simple operation, thanks to the ingenuity and inventiveness of its directors.

The locks use gravity to fill and empty of fresh water and allow passage of ships. Gatun Lake is a large reservoir that collects water from the Chagres River famous for the operation of the locks.

Vessels transiting the Panama Canal are towed from one chamber to another in each set of locks by electric locomotives (mules), especially designed for this purpose. The Canal uses practical to travel about 240 ships using the waterway.

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