From memory......
Dredged for deeper drafts.
Doubled volume of transits.......
Did nothing on increasing water reserves/holding lakes.
Designed by Frenchmen.
Finished by Americans.
Trashed by 3rd Worlders......
I realize that drought can limit the amount of water in the lakes that provide all of water for lockage (sea level rise or lack thereof has nothing to do with it). But didn’t Panama recently open new, larger, deeper locks so that ships larger than Panamax could cross. Could that increase in water draining out of the lakes also be a reason for the current problem?
They also widened the locks and added a third set of locks
A drought and extremely more water usage.
Global Warming has nothing to do with it even if it was a real thing.
DING!
You put it more succinctly. The Panamanians did not dam the 2nd river and create the 2nd reservoir they were supposed to in order to operate the expanded canal at full capacity.
Yep ... Increase required operational water volumes by a significant amount without increasing available supply ... maybe if they had one of those evil “legacy” mathmeticians or engineers on their staff they would not be in this position
That’s part of Jimmy Carter’s legacy. Casting pearls to swine.
We built it. We gave it to Panama. They leased it to the Chinese who trashed it. QED.
“Did nothing on increasing water reserves/holding lakes.”
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Didn’t Carter give it to the CCP?