The Panama Canal said this Friday that its main challenge for the future is to guarantee water and that it hopes to identify by 2021 “a comprehensive portfolio of projects” in order to strengthen the management of the resource, affected in recent years by the climate crisis. On the eve of its 106th anniversary on August 15, the Panama Canal indicated that it foresees changes in the markets that “would promote greater transit of larger and heavier ships that transport bulk and dry cargo”, which “underscores the importance of ensuring an operational level of water that meets the needs of customers. “This market projection reaffirms the efforts of the Canal” to find a long-term solution for the availability of water in the artificial lakes “Gatún (1913) and Alajuela. (1935), which feed the highway and supply half of the country’s population. Thus, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) “hopes to identify a comprehensive portfolio of projects aimed at strengthening the state of Management of the water resources of the Hydrographic Basin for 2021 “.