Saving the Panama Canal will take years and cost billions, if it’s even possible
The channel is Panama’s biggest source of revenue, bringing in $4.3 billion in 2022.
DOCK WORKERS on a small rowing boat pull a rope between the dock and vehicle carrier ‘Sirius Leader’ as it prepares to enter the Miraflores locks while transiting the Panama Canal last September.(photo credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/TNS)ByPETER MILLARD , MICHAEL D. MCDONALD