The first official crossing through the Panama Canal was made by the Ancon steamer on August 15, 1914.

The highest toll ever paid by a ship until 1995 was made by the Crown Princess with $141,349.97on May 2, 1993.

The lowest toll was of just 36 cents of a dollar paid by Richard Haliburton as he swam across the canal in 1928.

The record of the highest cargo volume transported by a ship belongs to the Arco Texas tanker that carried 65.2 tons of oil in 1981.

The largest ship ever to cross was 751 feet long and 106 feet wide. Its name, the San Juan Prospector.

The widest vessels ever to cross the canal was the destroyer New Jersey with a grand total of 107 feet.

The fastest transit through the canal was made by the Hydrofoil Pegasus of the U.S. Navy with a record-breaking 2 hours and 41 minutes.

Each year, a quarter of a million people climb to the watchtower atop the Miraflores sluiceway to see vessels sailing through the Panama Canal.

Somewhere between 32 and 34 ships cross the canal everyday, shelling out over a million dollars as a whole.

Top sizes for ships to cross the canal are 965 feet long, 106 feet wide and 40 feet deep.