Panama Canal

==Master Key to Panama Canal and Honorary Pilots==
During the last one hundred years, the Panama Canal Authority has granted membership in the "Esteemed Order of Bearers of the Master Key of the Panama Canal" and appointed a few "Honorary Lead Pilots" to employees, captains and dignitaries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Certificate from the Esteemed Order of Bearers of the Master Key to the Panama Canal Making Admiral Arleigh Burke an Honorary Lead Pilot|url=http://public1.nhhcaws.local/research/library/manuscripts/b/certificate-from-the-esteemed-order-of-bearers-of-the-master-key-to-the-panama-canal-making-admiral-arleigh-burke-an-honorary-lead-pilot.html|access-date=2022-01-31|website=public1.nhhcaws.local|language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> One of the most recent was U.S. Federal Maritime Commissioner [[Louis E. Sola|Louis Sola]], who was awarded for his work for supporting seafarers during the COVID-19 pandemic and previously transiting the canal more than 100 times.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-28|title=Commissioner Louis E. Sola Honored with Master Key and Honorary Lead Pilot|url=https://www.fmc.gov/commissioner-louis-e-sola-honored-with-master-key-and-honorary-lead-pilot/|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Federal Maritime Commission|language=en-us}}</ref> Another recent award was to Commodore Ronald Warwick,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buckinghamcovers.com/shop/signer.php?signer_id=458|title=Buckingham First Day Covers|publisher=Internet Stamps Group Limited|access-date=8 October 2014|archive-date=December 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215171611/https://www.buckinghamcovers.com/shop/signer.php?signer_id=458|url-status=live}}</ref> a former [[Captain (nautical)|Master]] of the [[Cunard Line]]rs ''[[Queen Elizabeth 2]]'' and [[RMS Queen Mary 2|RMS ''Queen Mary 2'']], who has traversed the Canal more than 50 times, and [[Senior Captain]] Raffaele Minotauro, an Unlimited Oceangoing Shipmaster Senior Grade, of the former Italian governmental navigation company known as the "[[Italian Line]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=web |first=redazione |date=2018-10-03 |title=TOC Conference 2018 Panama. Cenni storici del Canale di Panama (di A. Martinengo) |url=https://www.farodiroma.it/toc-conference-2018-panama-cenni-storici-del-canale-di-panama-di-a-martinengo/ |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=FarodiRoma |language=it-IT}}</ref>