Extreme Engineering

S01E10 Widening the Panama Canal

This documentary explores the efforts to modernize the Panama Canal, a stunning waterway that traverses 50 miles of lush jungle, facilitating passage for vessels between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. However, the canal is now outpaced by modern shipping, with many supercargo ships being three times larger than what the canal can handle. As a result, plans are underway to expand the canal. This ambitious project encounters a variety of environmental hurdles and necessitates the temporary closure of the canal…