3. Completed in 1914, the Panama Canal is one of the two most strategically important artificial waterways in the world, alongside the Suez Canal. For ships traveling between the east and west coasts ...

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The canal, which was completed in August 1914, is one of the two most strategic artificial waterways in the world — the other being the Suez Canal. Ships sailing between the east and west coasts ...

During his inaugural address on Monday, Trump lamented that the U.S. had transferred control of the canal back to Panama, saying American ships are being "severely overcharged." He also repeated ...

(Today, a ship heading from New York to San Francisco can save about 7,800 miles by taking the Panama Canal rather than sailing around South America.) In 1880, a French company run by the builder of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The President of Panama has roundly rejected any idea that his country will give up control of the Panama ...

The 2021 Suez Canal blockage resulted in a $89 million loss for Maersk Line, primarily due to inventory holding costs. The incident highlighted vulnerabilities in global supply chains and ...

Panama and China have pushed back against United States President Donald Trump’s controversial claims regarding the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal “was not a gift” from the US, Panama’s ...

In his inaugural address, US President Donald Trump promised to "take back" the "foolish gift" from the United States that was the Panama Canal. But was it in fact a gift? And does China really ...

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump doubled down on his assertion that China runs the Panama Canal. "China is operating the Panama Canal and we didn't give it to China.

Tensions between Panama and the U.S. rose after World War II, especially after the U.S. pressured France and the UK to give up on attempting to retake control of the Suez Canal from Egypt in 1956.

CAIRO - The new stretch of the Suez Canal near Egypt's Little Bitter Lake will be operational in the first quarter of this year, the chairman of the canal authority Osama Rabie said on Tuesday.