Nicaragua canal would be 120 miles long vs 48 miles of panama. But canal travel is much much slower than open ocean travel. Panama takes 8 hours to traverse the

Nicaragua canal would be 120 miles long vs 48 miles of panama. But canal travel is much much slower than open ocean travel. Panama takes 8 hours to traverse the canal, imagine one 3x as long would take almost 3x as long to cross. So 24 hours.