Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to "take back" the Panama Canal, the world's second busiest ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first official trip abroad next week to Central America, including a stop in Panama, which President Donald Trump has riled with talk ...

The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s Constitution and is enforced by the autonomous Panama Canal Authority.

A cargo ship sails through the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal in Panama City on Sept. 9, 2024. The Panama Canal is more than a piece of infrastructure; it’s a global asset that symbolizes ...

A quarter-century after the U.S. handed control of the Panama ... ships do not have to pass through them to enter the canal. Instead, the ports mostly serve as places to handle cargo.

Panama is inching closer to China, Trump’s new Federal Maritime Commission head Louis Sola tells CNBC, and ‘all options on ...

Then-president of Panama ... transit by ship back to Panama City. You don’t see the canal from the main road, but there are hints. Peeling signage from the American era. A long cargo train ...

Since December of 1999, Panama ... to cargo containers, motor vehicles, petroleum products, coal and coke, corn and other grains, soybeans and bananas are commonly carried through the canal.

According to Panama Canal Authority sources, traffic through the canal in some years has exceeded 14,000 ships. BBC reports that between October 2023 and September 2024, China accounted for 21.4% of ...