Maintainance works are being carried out at Panama Canal's Pedro Miguel Locks in Paraiso, near Panama City, on May 12, 2023. "These locks of the Panama Canal have been in operation for more than 100 years and our maintenance plan is defined to extend their life and have locks for another 100 years," Miguel Lorenzo, vice president of Infrastructure and Engineering for the canal, told AFP. Some six percent of global maritime shipping passes through the canal that links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, mostly from the United States, China and Japan. (Photo by Gabriel Rodriguez / AFP)
