How many ships pass through the panama canal each year?

Each year over 14,000 vessels pass through the Panama Canal.

In 2007, 18,193 vessels passed through the canal

It's really cool! Basically, most of it is too narrow and shallow for a ship to go through, so it's got chambers all along it that end up making a sort of staircase. As the ship goes along, water...

4 million

It traveled from north to south or from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.