US to take back Panama Canal from Chinese influence, visiting Pentagon chief saysU.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged to deepen security cooperation with Panama to counter Chinese influence over the Panama Canal. ...
09 Apr, 2025, 07.52 AM IST
Can Trump 'take back' the Panama Canal?Donald Trump wants to take back the Panama Canal from Panama but has not given specific details on his plans. He claims excessive tolls are...
12 Mar, 2025, 08.43 PM IST
Are U.S warships and boats free to transit the Panama Canal as claimed by State Department? Here's what the country's president has saidWhile several speculations were on the rise regarding the fact that if the US warships and boats will be transiting for free through the Pa...
07 Feb, 2025, 06.55 PM IST
Panama firmly rejects U.S. claims: No free passage for American ships through the Panama canalPanama has rejected the U.S. State Department's assertion that U.S. ships can pass through the Panama Canal without charge. The claim, whic...
06 Feb, 2025, 09.54 PM IST
Did the Panama authorities allow US vessels to transit the canal without tolls or fees?Despite mounting pressure from Washington, Panama’s government has reaffirmed its sovereignty over the canal.
06 Feb, 2025, 08.25 PM IST
US says Defense Secretary, Panama's President agree to expand military cooperationU.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino have agreed to enhance military and security cooperation, parti...
06 Feb, 2025, 08.32 AM IST
Why is Donald Trump threatening to take over the Panama Canal?US President Donald Trump aims to reclaim the Panama Canal, alleging Panama broke a neutrality pledge and that China controls the canal, wh...
29 Jan, 2025, 01.29 AM IST
Trump wants to take back the Panama Canal but why did Jimmy Carter cede control decades ago?Donald Trump expressed the intention to reclaim the Panama Canal, citing a violated 1977 treaty. He claimed unfair treatment and overchargi...
20 Jan, 2025, 11.52 PM IST
Trump's falsehoods aside, China's influence over global ports raises concernsThe growing influence of Chinese companies and the Chinese government over shipping and global ports, including the Panama Canal, has becom...
04 Jan, 2025, 10.21 AM IST
Panama Canal Clash: President José Raúl Mulino Fires Back at Trump's Bold Reclaim RemarkPresident-elect Donald Trump has suggested that the United States might reclaim control of the Panama Canal, citing concerns over high fees...
24 Dec, 2024, 04.25 PM IST
Donald Trump’s Panama Canal threat: What’s at stake and why it matters nowLatin American leaders united against President-elect Donald Trump’s recent comments suggesting the US should reclaim control of the Panama...
24 Dec, 2024, 10.47 AM IST
Drought saps the Panama Canal, disrupting global tradeIn Panama, water scarcity has impacted canal operations recently, and some shipping experts say vessels may soon have to avoid the canal al...
02 Nov, 2023, 09.25 AM IST
West Coast ports see longest labour disruptions since 2015The International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union, representing 22,000 dockworkers, and the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents...
08 Jun, 2023, 09.43 AM IST
Maersk sues Evergreen over 2021 blocking of Suez CanalThe Copenhagen-based shipping company said the claim is related to losses suffered during the canal’s blockage.
14 Feb, 2023, 09.57 AM IST
Early agreement reached in dispute over Suez Canal shipStann Marine, the lawyers representing the vessel's owners and insurers, and a spokeswoman for the Suez Canal Authority both confirmed the ...
23 Jun, 2021, 08.18 PM IST
Arrested Suez ship fit for onward passage, manager saysTaiwan's Evergreen Line, which is the Ever Given's charterer, said it was investigating the scope of the Egyptian court order "and studying...
15 Apr, 2021, 09.03 AM IST
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In the latest of a series of claims over portions of the Arctic, Canada said on Friday that it planned to build two new military bases in t...
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