Across
- 3. In ______ terms, the canal can handle 38 transits per day, so 12 to 15 is a lot
- 4. The canal’s board recently proposed building a new reservoir in the Indio River to ____ the water supply
- 5. Panama has an _____ climate which makes it one of the wettest countries.
- 6. Scientists believe that climate change may be _____________ dry spells.
- 8. His company decided in August to pay $400,000 in a special auction to move a ship ahead in the _____.
- 10. Huge amounts are used up every time a ship goes through the ______ as it travels the 40 miles across Panama
- 11. This presents bulk shipping companies with an expensive _____.
- 13. The Panama Canal was a ______.
- 14. An extensive period of time without rain.
- 18. The canal _____ in July cut the average to 32 vessels.
- 19. In Panama, a lack of water has _____ canal operations in recent years.
Down
- 1. … Which generates over 6 percent of Panama’s ______ _________ __
- 2. ________ disruptions at the canal could stoke interest in building land routes in Mexico, Colombia and other countries that have coastlines on both oceans
- 7. Officials were forced to cut the amount of _______.
- 9. The construction of larger locks was completed two years late, in 2016, and that project was ______ by cost disputes.
- 12. But ships carrying bulk _____ generally don’t book passage.
- 15. The Panama canal is the latest example of how _____ things are.
- 16. A portion of these extra costs will be passed on to consumers, already ___ by inflation
- 17. The canal authority is also limiting how far a ship’s hull can go below the water, known as its _____.