The ship's passage through the Panama Canal is nearly complete as the 700-tonne steel doors swing shut. IF YOU GOPANAMA CANAL: Miraflores Visitor Center opens 9am-5pm. GUIDED TOURS: These well-established travel agencies offer canal visits:• Pesantez Tours• Viajes Arco Iris• City Sightseeing PanamaRESTAURANT: Atlantic & Pacific Co Getting to the canal is a snap, with a host of travel agencies and hotel tours competing for your business. Forty-tonne locomotives known as mules latch on to the massive vessel with cables and guide it inside the Miraflores locks, employing a mechanical precision that keeps it from banging into the concrete walls despite the tight fit.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 03, 2016 21:00 UTC