A global trade battleground is quietly emerging, and it centers around one of the world’s most vital shipping routes. While ...

Megaprojects. Panama Canal vs. Mexico: The end of Panama Canal? Posted: March 21, 2025 | Last updated: March 23, 2025. If successful, Mexico’s Interoceanic Corridor could redefine international ...

A Geopolitical Lever Hidden In Plain Sight. The Panama Canal connects more than 144 maritime routes and over 1,700 ports across 160 countries. It accounts for roughly 5% of total global maritime ...

A Chinese freighter laden with nearly 9,500 metal cargo containers transited the expanded Panama Canal on Sunday, inaugurating the interoceanic waterway and opening a new era in global trade.

MEXICO CITY — Scores of ships are backing up at the Panama Canal, where low water levels linked to El Niño and climate change have led authorities to restrict travel through one of the world ...

Ships moving natural gas and petroleum product exports from the U.S. are the fastest-growing business for the Panama Canal, with annual revenue from tolls growing more than 20 times over the past ...

Tensions between Panama and the U.S. rose after World War II, especially after the U.S. pressured France and the UK to give up on attempting to retake control of the Suez Canal from Egypt in 1956.

Former President Carter looks over the Panama Canal on June 17, 1978. Carter signed the final Panama Canal Treaties, which gave control of the canal to Panama in 2000.

The Trump administration announced major moves in the Panama Canal this week, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth explaining Thursday that the deals are a means of serving American interests and ...

The ownership of the Panama Canal has changed hands a few times throughout its history. French Ownership (1881-1889 ), United States Ownership (1904-1977) The U.S. took over the project in 1904 ...