Up until recently, modern aircraft carriers like the Nimitz-class and Ford-Class carriers could pass through the Suez canal, but were unable to transit the narrower Panama Canal. Read more ...

You may have heard how President Trump wants to take back control of the Panama Canal over concerns that China has far too ...

The United States aircraft carrier Constellation ... tip of South America because it is too big to slip through the Panama Canal. The trip is expected will take about five months to complete ...

Aircraft carriers are too large to sail through the canal and must make the far longer journey around South America through the Strait of Magellan. The United States and Panama are scheduled to ...