Panama Canal Expansion

For centuries, the idea of how to access the West Indies puzzled many sailors from across the globe. During colonial times, Europeans coveted the spices and goods found in Asian countries, but the inability of their sponsored expeditions to discover a time-saving western passageway hindered their interaction with this region of the world. As time progressed, nations began to find ways to trade with Asia, but the routes taken were long, expensive, and hazardous. According to an article found in the publication, Civil Engineering, “… the only way for a ship to travel between the oceans was via the Strait of Magellan, at the southern tip of South America, a dangerous and time-consuming route.” However, in nineteen fourteen, their struggles finally ended. At last, the completion of the Panama Canal provided a shorter sea route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean for trading countries all over the world. This occasion revolutionized sea travel and was consequently a widely documented and publicized event. Countless images and articles were created throughout the early twentieth century, which magnified the importance of this project. This collection of primary sources captures the significance of the Panama Canal for the American people and the international community at that time. The synchronic analysis of such documents will foster a greater appreciation for the Panama Canal and the influence it has had on civilization since its inception.

Thesis statement: The panama canal was a great achievement in the shipping industry, cutting sailing time 7,800 miles from a trip from san francisco to new york between the Atlantic and the Pacific under Theodore Roosevelt's Command.

The Panama Canal opened on August 15, 1914. The grand total of the canal was 350 million dollars. The money spent was a considerable amount during the time period because of World War I. During the construction of the canal, more than 25,000 workers died. The Panama Canal employed many people and helped boost the

In 1876 a French company wanted to build the canal cutting right through panama, but disease and hazardous conditions paused the work. America got impatient and bought the canal sight from the French company in 1901 for $40 million. Although America bought the sight they still had to pay $10 million plus the rental fee of $250,000. However this was rejected by the Colombian Senate and America had to go back to stage one. by this point in time the Panamanians believed America would help them gain independence from Columbia. The Panamanians began to revolt and America sent a war ship to protect them, and stopped columbia from sending forces to Panama. Panama now had independance and America got the canal back. Building the Canal was rough many workers suffered from yellow fever and Malaria. the Panama canal was finished in 1914. Since then the Panama Canal has been a big

The necessity of a canal was fully demonstrated in 1899 during the Spanish American war. During the war, the battleship U.S.S. Oregon, which was stationed in California, was ordered to assist in the blockade of Cuba. To get there, the battleship had to go around the entire southern tip of South America. The trip took ten weeks and almost caused the ship to miss the war. Because of this, public support for a canal arose, and members of congress began to push for the acquisition of a canal in order to obtain a faster sea route from one coast to the other (“The United States Acquires the Canal

America had a large problem while making the Panama canal because of the mosquitoes.The mosquitoes had malaria and yellow fever. The Americans had to dig through rainforest and swamps. The hurdles it took to build the canal is why it took nine years to build the canal. The railroad system was helpful to move the dirt and rocks however the

For the reason that in the article called “port everglades deepening and widening project approved” the project on the Port would increase the amount of construction jobs able to about 4,700 for individuals in the area that works in that field and are having difficulties finding a job. Also, after working to improve the Port the Harbor will be able to get more cargo from Panama because the ships that are now dropping off the cargos for Panama would be able to pass through Port Everglade and dock to deliver their shipment without the ships getting damage. Which will cause the amount of cargo the company would normally get a month to go up as a result the company will be getting shipments that would have had to go to the Miami Port because their channel for the ships to pass through was too small for the Panama vessels to dock. With the ability of more ships being able to pass through the Port entire it would increase the amount of jobs, there would be locally for the individuals who collect the goods from the ship. Also the cruise line at the Port would be able to get bigger ships that would be able to hold more travels because the ships would not get damaged while going through the entries of the Seaport. The new project would also will help Port

The canal, which the U.S. handed over to Panama in 1999, can handle ships up to 106 feet wide, 965 feet long and 39 feet deep but after expansion will be able to handle ships up to 161 feet wide, 1,200 feet long and 49 feet deep. Some of those larger ships can carry nearly triple the cargo of the ships going through the canal today.

Before reading this article, I initially was actually was pretty clueless as to what the purpose behind the Panama Canal was. So to learn that it all was created just to prevent ships from sailing the long distance around South America made a whole lot of sense as to why they would have created the canal in the first place. I would think that this would of had to have made a positive impact on importing and exporting goods between continents. Also, not to mention the canal made it much safer for the men and women who work on these ships. Furthermore, with the amount of ships that travel through the canal, “14,000 ships between the Atlantic and the Pacific each year,” I am surprised to hear that it was a once abandoned constructions project

In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt called his first chief engineer for the Panama Canal Project into his office and ordered him to “make the dirt fly!” However, the enormous task of planning, designing, and engineering a path to link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans would prove to be one of the most expensive and challenging projects ever attempted in the history of the world. Panama’s natural obstacles, climate, soil type, and various deadly diseases called for a chief engineer with strong leadership skills, strategic planning knowledge, and a solid construction and engineering background. Through a series of failures and lessons learned, the United States successfully completed the Panama Canal in 1914. Of the three chief engineers appointed to lead the construction efforts of the Panama Canal, George

The logistics and distribution is moving forwards in the Dallas because of its transportation, as per experts opinion Dallas places a key role in logistics and distribution due to the expansion of the Panama Canal. D/FW metroplex has a huge trucking transportation to many of the major cities with cheapest cost and overnight delivery. It act as a center point to two major cities which are developed in logistics and making more business of it are New York, Los Angles and can deliver to other major cities with a accountable distance. The operations are done in time without any weather delays and increases the efficiency of logistic distribution. The metroplex has a climate with average of 250 days sunny with

Over the course of the nineteenth century, isthmian political leaders developed a growing ambition for independence. “Panama subsequently declared its independence from Colombia in 1830, 1831, and 1840, but each time the separation was quickly aborted. From 1819, Panama was part of the federation and country of Colombia but when Colombia rejected United States plans to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, the U.S. supported a revolution that led to the independence of Panama in 1903.” After encouraging Panama’s independence from Colombia, the U.S. signed a treaty in 1903 that gave it the rights to build and operate the canal for perpetuity. The agreement also gave the U.S. the right to govern the 10-mile wide, 40-mile long strip

The freight technical advisory committee along with shippers and businesses like Walmart and Target are working on the development of Roadways required for the Panama Canal expansion.

Canals are human-made and completely subject to the sovereignty of the state in which they are located. Canals are internal waters that have no right of innocent passage through canals. Typically, there are only two canals in the world - Panama Canal and Suez Canal. Panama Canal opened on 15 August 1914 with a total length of 80.5km (50 miles). Panama Canal is the integral link for shipping traffic from the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean in North U.S. (refer Fig. 1). Panama Canal consist a system of locks to raise or lower the ships to a new level. When a ships goes through one of the gates the water level decreases or increases depending on the level of the next lock. When the water level is the same as the next lock then the gate opens (Mitchell, 2011) (refer Fig 2). This combination successfully reduced the journey between east and west of US by 13,000 km (refer Fig 3) (Rodrigue et al., 2014). Thus, it is the main route from Europe to West of US and Pacific Ocean, accommodating an estimated 5% of the world’s total cargo volume (U.S. Department of Transportation and Maritime Administration, 2013). There are about 1,200 ships passed through the canal every day and more than 14,000 ships transit the canal, 70% of the containerized freight is inbound or outbound from the U.S. East Coast annually (Knight, 2008).

The discovery of gold in 1849 caused a great rush to get from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific, and in 1855 the Panama Railway opened. Still, a water route was still sought. That same year, William Kennish surveyed the area and reported a proposition for the Canal, while working for the U.S. government. Armand Reclus, in 1877, an officer in the French Navy, and Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse, also surveyed the route and looked to build a canal similar to their Suez success.