President Trump says the canal authority is overcharging. Recent increases are attributed in part to drought, maintenance ...

The canal’s two biggest ports are operated by a Hong Kong company with global reach. The Trump administration sees a Chinese threat to U.S. security. By Alexandra Stevenson and Keith Bradsher ...

These ports, located at either end of the waterway, handle much of the cargo entering and exiting the canal. Port operators at either end of the Panama Canal are strategically important because ...

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The U.S. Department of State announced that Panama has agreed to waive transit fees for American government vessels passing ...

Panama's decision to walk away from it was seen as a concession to the U.S. over the canal after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Panamanian leader José Raúl Mulino on Sunday that ...

Ship capacity transiting through the Panama Canal was 10% lower between September 2024 and January 2025 than the 2019-22 average, measured in deadweight tonnes, according to the Baltic and ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday that the Central American ally must immediately reduce Chinese influence over the Panama Canal area or ...

While threats of tariffs against China, Mexico and Canada have dominated headlines early on in President Donald Trump's second term, a conflict over control of the Panama Canal has become the next ...

Donald Trump has long been fixated on the Panama Canal, a crucial shipping route between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. He has railed against rising tolls on American ships (though the increases ...