Today, the Panama Canal marks 111 years of operations, renewing its commitment to a sustainable future through a water strategy focused on public well-being and an operational vision that enhances the country’s logistical competitiveness.
Since the waterway’s inauguration in 1914, with the historic transit of the steamship Ancón, which, for the first time, connected the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, the canal has been a driver of Panama’s economic and social development while also a transformer of global maritime trade.
This impact has grown over the past 25 years under Panamanian administration, during which the interoceanic waterway has contributed B/. 28.266 billion in direct payments to the National Treasury, in addition to B/. 15 billion investments in capital projects, operational maintenance, and watershed management. (....)