(CNN) — Chinese antitrust regulators are investigating a US consortium’s deal for two ports in the Panama Canal zone ... 40% of US container traffic traverses canal. But tensions between ...
The Hong Kong-based conglomerate that operates ports near the Panama Canal has ... The United States is the canal's largest user, with about 70% of shipping traffic going through the canal ...
About 4% of the world’s maritime trade and more than 40% of US container traffic traverses canal. And it is a key part of Panama’s economy. In 2024, the canal earned nearly $5 billion in total ...
Panama President ... “foolishly” gave the canal away. The 80km (50-mile) canal handles 5 percent of global maritime trade and 40 percent of US container traffic.
Initial studies show that "possible traffic capacity through the Panama Canal could reach 2 million bpd (of LPG) in a decade," Vasquez added. WHAT'S NEXT The canal expects to make a decision ...
Panama maintains that it has full control over the canal and that the Hong Kong-based group’s operation of the ports did not amount to Chinese control over the waterway, and that therefore the ...
Panama City ... The 80-kilometer (50-mile) long canal handles five percent of global maritime trade, and 40 percent of US container traffic. Beijing has consistently denied interfering in the ...