Photos: Expanded Panama Canal opens

Chinese merchant ship Cosco Shipping Panama crosses the new Cocoli Locks during a inauguration at the Panama Canal on June 26, 2016.

A handout picture realeased by the Panama Canal Authority (PCA) shows an aerial view of new Agua Clara locks in the expanded Panama Canal in Panama, 26 June 2016.

Chinese merchant ship Cosco Shipping Panama crosses the new Cocoli Locks during their inauguration at the Panama Canal on June 26, 2016.

A handout picture realeased by the Panama Canal Authority (PCA) shows representatives of Cosco Shipping with the Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela (3-R), PCA Manager Jorge Quijano (3-L) and Panama’s Minister for Canal Affairs Roberto Roy (L) during the inauguration of the expanded Panama Canal in Panama, 26 June 2016.

Chinese cargo ship ‘Cosco Shipping Panama’ enters the new Agua Clara locks in the expanded Panama Canal in Panama on June 26, 2016.

epaselect epa05392663 Chinese cargo ship ‘Cosco Shipping Panama’ enters the new Agua Clara locks in the expanded Panama Canal in Panama, 26 June 2016. The Neopanamax cargo ship’s passage inaugurated the Panama Canal expansion. EPA/ALEJANDRO BOLIVAR ** Usable by LA, CT and MoD ONLY **  (ALEJANDRO BOLIVAR / EPA)

Men dressed in traditional Panamanian “pintado” hats and “camisilla” shirts wait as the Neopanamax cargo ship, Cosco Shipping Panama, prepares to cross the new new Agua Clara locks, part of the Panama Canal expansion project, near the port city of Colon, Panama on June 26, 2016.

Thousands of spectators watch as the Neopanamax cargo ship, Cosco Shipping Panama, makes its way through the new new Agua Clara locks, part of the Panama Canal expansion project, near the port city of Colon, Panama, Sunday June 26, 2016.

Spectators watch as the Neopanamax cargo ship, Cosco Shipping Panama, makes its way through the new Agua Clara locks, part of the Panama Canal expansion project, near the port city of Colon, Panama, Sunday June 26, 2016. The ship carrying more than 9,000 containers entered the newly expanded locks that will double the Panama Canal’s capacity in a multibillion-dollar bet on a bright economic future despite tough times for international shipping. The banner under them reads in Spanish “Long live Panama, We unite the world.”

A woman takes a selfie as the Neopanamax cargo ship, Cosco Shipping Panama, crosses the new Agua Clara locks, part of the Panama Canal expansion project, near the port city of Colon, Panama, Sunday June 26, 2016.

Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela gives a speech prior the opening of the Panama Canal expansion project, at the new Agua Clara locks, near the port city of Colon, Panama, Sunday June 26, 2016.

A spectator waves Panama flags as the Neopanamax cargo ship, Cosco Shipping Panama, crosses the new Agua Clara locks, part of the Panama Canal expansion project, near the port city of Colon, Panama, Sunday June 26, 2016.

Chinese-chartered merchant ship Cosco Shipping Panama crosses the new Agua Clara Locks during the inauguration of the expansion of the Panama Canal in Colon, 80 km from Panama City on June 26, 2016 on June 26, 2016.

Chinese merchant ship Cosco Shipping Panama crosses the new Cocoli Locks during a inauguration at the Panama Canal on June 26, 2016. A giant Chinese-chartered freighter nudged its way into the expanded Panama Canal on Sunday to mark the completion of nearly a decade of work forecast to boost global trade.

Chinese merchant ship Cosco Shipping Panama crosses the new Cocoli Locks during a inauguration at the Panama Canal on June 26, 2016.

Chinese merchant ship Cosco Shipping Panama crosses the new Agua Clara Locks during a inauguration at the Panama Canal in Colon, 80 km from Panama City on June 26, 2016.