KPIX CBS Weekend News June 4, 2024 00:46:00
Pacific to the caribbean sea. 40% of global cargo traffic moves through the slender waterway. >> reporteter: the pan aamaa is of the m most sucuccessful shortcuts. $270 billion of trade each year rides on this ribbon of water. boris is the vice president of operations. >> i have never walked across the panama canal. it's an experience. >> reporter: two-thirds of the travel is coming from or going to the united states. that flow of goods is now at risk because this 50-mile-long system that connects two oceans is actually above sea level and doesn't run on ocean water. >> it's freshwater. >> rep...
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