The Panama Canal On Monday, November 16, the Ron Brown passed through the Panama canal on her journey from the TAO buoy array in the equatorial Pacific to her home port in Charleston, South Carolina. On this page you'll find some facts about the canal, along with some photos from the passage.
Traffic is continuous, and at night the canal is lit up to ensure greater safety.
In the Gatun locks, ships are lifted 26.52 meters above sea level. The doors of the locks weigh 750 tons. In the Miraflores locs, a ship can be raised nine meters in 15 minutes. Over 100,000 tons of fresh water from Lago Gatun are needed to fill the locks for this purpose. They each weigh 47 tons and their function is to stabilize the ships on their way into the locks.