News

Depending on the size, weight, and type of vessel, ship owners often pay anywhere between $15,000 and $300,000 in basic fees ...
Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which ... to sail around Cape Horn at South America's southern tip. The U.S. International Trade Administration says the ...
Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which ... to sail around Cape Horn at South America's southern tip. The U.S. International Trade Administration says the ...
The Panama Canal was built by the United States between ... offering ships a shortcut to avoid going around the tip of South America. The canal revolutionized shipping traffic in the region.
More than 35 years have passed since the U.S. invaded Panama to oust the dictator Manuel Noriega, but threats by President ...
Whether you move freight by ocean, road or rail, your strategy is more connected to this 50-mile corridor than you may think.
The Panama Canal, an 82-km (51-mile ... ships had to make the long journey around the stormy tip of South America in order to travel by sea between the two oceans. Need a break?
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that American military and commercial ships should be allowed to travel through the Panama Canal and Suez Canal free of charge. “I’ve asked Secretary ...
Panama’s location between two continents and two oceans explains why it’s a geopolitical hot spot, and why it has so many ...
and a $2 billion contract for a Chinese consortium to build a fourth bridge over the canal. Loading “Panama is a key gateway for influence in South America more broadly,” says Parker.
There’s a country in Latin America that’s not even as big as South Carolina ... passes through the Panama Canal. So does an estimated 5 percent of all seaborne trade in the world.
President Jimmy Carter views the Panama Canal at the Miraflores Locks in ... a U.S. partner on stopping illegal immigration from South America — perhaps Trump’s biggest policy priority.