What is the panama canal and describe what it was used for.

this is google searched: The canal permits shippers of commercial goods, ranging from automobiles to grain, to save time and money by transporting cargo more quickly between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Google Searched: Whether you're traveling through it on a cruise ship or just stopping to watch the ships go through the Miraflores locks in Panama City, the Panama Canal is an engineering marvel. The canal links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, saving ships from having to travel around South America. A new set of locks allowing even larger ships to passage through the canal were opened in 2016.