The Panama Canal is an extraordinary feat of engineering. This waterway, which slices 50 miles across the isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, is an artery of world trade and ...

The Panama Canal carries cargo ships between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, cutting weeks off shipping time. Danny Lehman/The Image Bank via Getty Images The Panama Canal is one of the most ...

The canal's operator stresses its neutrality and a need to drive competition in a move that could potentially stoke more U.S.-China tensions.

The Trump administration announced major moves in the Panama Canal this week, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth explaining Thursday that the deals are a means of serving American interests and ...

President Donald Trump’s goal of making the U.S. more energy dominant means the Panama Canal will play a growing role in moving petroleum exports around the world. The U.S. already is the world’s ...

A deal for the U.S. to "reclaim" the Panama Canal is increasingly under fire from authorities in China and Hong Kong. Earlier this month, BlackRock announced a $23 billion deal with CK Hutchinson to ...

The Panama Canal plans to build two ports for $2.6 billion by 2029 amid uncertainty over the future of Hong Kong–based concessionaire Hutchison Holdings, the canal authority said Monday. The plan ...

President Trump’s escalating rhetoric over the Panama Canal has transformed diplomatic tensions into a full-blown crisis. Trump’s assertion during his March 5 congressional address that “to further ...

The Panama Canal's water levels have been dwindling, and this shift will have significant economic consequences for the region. To combat the change, the Panama government approved the Rio Indio ...

(Reuters) -The sale of two ports near the Panama Canal to a global consortium led by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) threatens the canal's principle of neutrality, the canal's head Ricaurte ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Karina Garcia, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (THE CONVERSATION) The Panama Canal ...