3.7K views · 71 reactions | In a few weeks an over $5 BILLION expansion of the Panama Canal is set to open. The project, years over deadline and over budget, will allow bigger ships to pass through the 102 year-old waterway. Here is exactly how it will work. | CNBC | Facebook

30K views · 766 reactions | Before the Panama Canal expansion... The 90ft wide bulk carrier JANECKE MÆRSK in 1963 as she squeezes her cargo of coal from the USA through the 110ft wide locks of the canal en route to Japan. | Maersk | Facebook

New #PanamaCanal: a revolution for global trade. Designed by a consortium of international construction firms led by #Webuild and inaugurated in 2016, the new Panama Canal was defined as the most important engineering work of the 21st century. It involved the creation of a new set of locks that, complementing the existing one, allows the transit of larger ships, increasing commercial traffic in response to the development and continued expansion of the shipping transport market. #WebuildGroup –