The large Maersk Line container ship exits the Panama Canal into Pacific Ocean while passing small luxury and fishing boats. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
Containers are stacked several stories high as a Panama tugboat escort the large ship through the Panama Canal. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
A small cross mark the burial site of a canal worker who part of the original construction of the Panama Canal. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
Large clouds move over the construction site on one of the new locks under construction as part of the Panama Canal expansion. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
Dump trucks remove earth as the expansion of the Panama Canal is conducted around the clock. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
Panama City skyline is dominated by the dense construction as new development is underway as the Panama Canal expansion date draws near. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
Ronald Church navigates the Panama tugboat "Pequen’" towards the designate point to push the large container ship as it positioned to enter the locks. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
The Maersk container ship "Derince" is guided by one of the small electric train as it exits the existing locks. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
Construction of the new set of locks is 24-hour operation as Panama works towards 2015 completion date. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
The large container ship "American Express" makes it way towards the existing locks in the Panama Canal. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
A large container ship heads towards the Pacific as it enters the locks in the Panama Canal. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
A Panamanian canal worker takes a lunch break inside the locks of the Panama Canal. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
Edania Fuentes, 37, keeps a close eye on the traffic as vehicles move in and out of the construction site where new set of locks being built. Many women are part of the work force of the Panama Canal expansion project. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
Panama City skyline rises over the horizon as a ship is guided by tugboats. On the lower half of the frame, construction continues on the canal expansion project. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
Under light rain, a freighter passes through the tight lock of the Panama Canal. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
Crew members drop the ship's line to lock workers while entering the lock as a freighter continues towards the Pacific Ocean outlet of the Panama Canal. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
Executive Vice President of Engineering and Program Management Department Canal Expansion Program, Ilya R. Espino de Marotta, explains the expansion program. She says she always has her hard hat, hard-toed shoes and safety belt at the ready in the corner of her office in case she has to go on site. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
Executive Vice President of Engineering and Program Management Department Canal Expansion Program, Ilya R. Espino de Marotta, explains the expansion program. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
Construction of the new set of locks is 24-hour operation as Panama works towards 2015 completion date. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
Construction of the new set of locks is 24-hour operation as Panama works towards 2015 completion date. Workers move up the scaffold at the construction site of one of the locks. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
Workers are dwarfed by the large water outlets that will flood and remove water in and out the locks. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
The canal expansion labor force is mostly made of Panamanian workers, unlike the construction of the original Panama Canal that employed thousands of workers throughout the Caribbean. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
Large freighter navigates into the set of locks as it makes its way towards the Atlantic Ocean. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
The freighter American Express, right, enters the locks as another freighter exits at a lower water level. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
Workers are dwarfed by the large water outlets that will flood and remove water in and out the locks. CARL JUSTE / STAFF PHOTO
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