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The newly-enlarged Panama Canal has opened to shipping, after an extensive expansion that took almost ten years to build. The expanded waterway allows much-larger generation of container ships to pass through the isthmus. Ilya Espino de Marotta, the chief engineer of the expansion programme, told Newsday why the canal had been transformed. ( Picture: Chinese-chartered merchant ship Cosco Shipping Panama crosses the new Agua Clara Locks during the inauguration of the new Panama Canal on 26th June 2016. Credit: Johan Ordonez/AFP/Getty Images)