Les défis du canal de Panamá

How was it done before the Panama Canal was dug? The route opened between the Atlantic and the Pacific is so essential that one is right to ask the question. The construction of this canal mobilized some 100,000 workers: a look back in pictures at this astonishing and, in many respects, heroic epic. This achievement, one of the "wonders of the industrial world," must today meet the challenge of increasing maritime traffic and the size of ships using this corridor: the slightest error in traffic forecasting can lead to accidents, delays, or exponential additional costs.

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