What has happened as a result of the building of the Panama Canal?

to make traveling shorter from boat

Explanation:

It wanted to expand its shipping and naval power between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It paid $10 million to Panama and $40 million to France. U. S. engineers decided a canal lock would protect ships from landslides in the Andes Mountains ... In 1914, the Panama Canal was completed for $375 million.