Hopefully this gives you a sense of just how big a 'PanaMax' ship is compared to the Locks. You can just make out, due to 'overexposure', two 'Mules' working the far, or port, side of this ship; they have the little yellow 'bumpers' and look sort of like a small grey and white tank. Approximately 25 - 30 ships per day go through the locks; the process, including waiting time in the causeway leading to the locks, is about 24 hours. The transit from sea to sea is about 10 - 12 hours. Each PanaMax ship, if fully loaded, carries the equivalent number of containers as 25 MILES of train cars loaded with containers. The statistics of the tonnage going through this canal are overwhelming.