The CPA developed a system to reuse 60% of the water consumed on each transit. Gatun Locks, Courtesy: Stan Shebs Alongside the new locks, the CPA is building 18 water basins that measure 230 ...

A system of interconnecting locks raises ships around 26 meters (85 feet) above sea level, where they travel through Lake Gatún — one of the world’s largest artificial freshwater lakes ...

The Gatun Lake is 85 feet above sea level. How do the ships get raised and lowered? The canal has a water lock system that acts like a massive elevator. When ships enter the locks, they're raised ...

The answer is possibly yes. Since 1977, over 50 sightings have been reported between the Gatun Lake and the Miraflores Locks, located near the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. Even though the ...