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The joint exercise reinforced preparation for threats to the security of the Panama Canal and other strategic infrastructure.
The Wall Street Journal's Costas Paris and Jack Pitcher reported that“China's government is threatening to block a deal that ...
The proposed sale includes two ports at the Panama Canal and more than 40 others around the world, all owned by Hong ...
China has warned that it may block the sale of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison's international ports, including one on either ...
The deal hands over more than 40 global ports owned by Hong Kong business magnate Li Ka-Shing to US asset manager BlackRock ...
A consortium of investors led by asset management giant BlackRock and containership operator Mediterranean Shipping Co.
Liberian flagged Hallasan Explorer LPG tanker navigates at the Panama Canal, in Panama on January 20, 2025. Panama on January 20, 2025, rejected President Donald Trump's pledge that the United ...
Born from “gunboat diplomacy,” the Panama Canal is under threat from US saber rattling once again. More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic ...
Panama's voters approved a 2006 referendum authorizing a major expansion of the canal to accommodate larger modern cargo ships. The expansion took until 2016 and cost more than $5.2 billion.
An effort to establish a canal through Panama led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, who built Egypt’s Suez Canal, began in 1880 but progressed little over nine years before going bankrupt.
A severe drought this year led to restrictions for the Panama Canal. The rains are now returning, but weather patterns are likely to make limits more commonplace in years to come.