Between 13,000 and 14,000 ships use the canal every year.
The smallest toll ever paid was 36 cents, plunked down in 1928 by American adventurer Richard Halliburton, who swam the canal. Today, some $1.8 billion in tolls are collected annually. On average, it takes a ship 8 to 10 hours to pass through the canal.
In 1914 the Panama Canal joined the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, changing international trade foreve ...
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