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What Really Happened at the Suez Canal?
Exploring the engineering principles behind the recent obstruction of the Suez Canal, which caused a weeklong disruption in global shipping traffic. I give a brief overview of the bank effect and ...
China’s combination of presence, influence, and compromising relationships within Panama’s elite gives it numerous ...
Chairman and Managing Director of the Suez Canal Authority, and others met with 23 major shipping lines and agencies to ...
In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama, in ...
The critical waterway has a complex history. Why does Trump want it back? And what does China have to do with it?
President Trump is reportedly dispatching his newly confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Panama for his first foreign ...
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing Tuesday to discuss the issue of foreign influence in the Panama Canal.
When President Joe Biden announced on Jan. 15, 2025 that the United States had successfully brokered a fragile ceasefire and ...
The United States spent almost $500 million (roughly equivalent to $15.2 billion in 2023) to finish the Panama Canal project.
Often called one of the seven modern wonders of the world, the Panama Canal splits the continents of North and South America ...
Maritime transport has chokepoints. The Suez Canal and the Panama Canal are critical, narrow maritime passages that provide shortcuts on lengthy maritime journeys.