Panama Canal Operations Continue Normally After Port Takeover Officials Say
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Tico Times ^
| February 25, 2026
The Panamanian government said Tuesday that trade has not been affected after it took control of two ports operated by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings at the Panama Canal. Authorities moved in Monday to take over the Balboa port on the Pacific side and the Cristóbal port on the Atlantic side, after
a court annulled the contract that had allowed Hutchison to run the terminals under concession for nearly three decades. Under new 18-month agreements signed with the Panamanian government, Balboa will be operated by APM Terminals, a subsidiary of Denmark’s Maersk, while Cristóbal will be run by Terminal Investment...
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U.S. Coast Guard’s New Icebreaker USCGC ‘Storis’ Transits Panama Canal en Route to Arctic
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gCaptain ^
| June 13 2025 | Malte Humpert
On the way to its initial Arctic deployment U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Storis (WAGB 21) has transited through the Panama Canal. The polar class 3-equivalent vessel departed from the Bollinger Shipyards in Pascagoula, Mississippi on June 3, 2025. The
vessel arrived near the canal’s northern entrance on June 11. After an 18-hour hold outside Limon Bay near the Gatun locks, Storis proceeded through the first set of Panama Canal locks on its route to the Pacific. The transit took around 8 hours and the vessel exited the canal through the Miraflores locks late on June 12. U.S. military ships have...
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China Eyes Secret Mega-Port to Bypass Panama Canal and Shatter U.S. Control Over Western Hemisphere Trade
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/ ^
| Jun. 10, 2025 | Jason Sullivan
Source: Unleashed.news If China secures the CopiaPort-E project, it would turbocharge Beijing’s trade in South America—not only enabling CHINAMAX megaships, but allowing all shipping to completely bypass U.S.-controlled chokepoints and dominate hemispheric commerce virtually overnight. A
geopolitical storm is brewing on the western edge of South America—and the United States cannot afford to look away. At the heart of it all lies a deep-water mega-port project in Chile’s Atacama Desert: CopiaPort-E, a port so naturally engineered by geography itself that it could become either America’s greatest commercial and strategic opportunity, or China’s most dangerous economic beachhead south of our border....
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Ships Could Pay Panama Canal Transit Fees in Bitcoin and Cut the Line, Panama City Mayor Muses
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Coin Desk ^
| By Cheyenne Ligon, Tom Carreras
The mayor of Panama City, Mayer Mizrachi, said the city could potentially establish a bitcoin reserve. The
Mayor of Panama City, Mayer Mizrachi, is taking notes on bitcoin from the leader of El Salvador. Speaking at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas on Thursday, Mizrachi said he’s been thinking of ways Panama’s capital city, which is home to the Panama Canal, could implement bitcoin payments. This includes potentially setting up a strategic bitcoin reserve for Panama City, as well as possibly taking payments — including for passage through the Panama Canal — in bitcoin, Mizrachi said. “What if you have a...
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Panama Canal Veterans & Family Medical Data . Support H.R. 2447
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Youtube ^
| 5-3-2025 | Pedro Munoz
Served from 1980 -82 as a M.P (549th M.P. (S.T.R.A.F ) (ATL-side) & (1982) 534 th M.P.
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China delays $23B sale of Panama Canal ports to US-backed consortium led by BlackRock
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New York Post ^
| March 31, 2025 | Ariel Zilber
China has held up the $23 billion sale of dozens of ports worldwide — including two key ports in the Panama Canal — to a group led by US investing giant BlackRock after President Trump expressed concern about Beijing’s sway over the strategic shipping lanes. On
March 4, CK Hutchison, a Hong Kong-based conglomerate controlled by 96-year-old billionaire Li Ka-shing, announced plans to sell 43 port facilities globally — including critical ports at both ends of the Panama Canal and near the Suez Canal — for approximately $22.8 billion. But China’s State Administration for Market Regulation unexpectedly initiated an investigation...
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ALI REACTS: President Trump Orders Military to “Draw Up Options” To Take Back Panama Canal
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100percentfedup.com ^
| Mar 15, 2025 | By Noah
One of the dumbest things any U.S. President has ever done is….everything Biden did. But
right behind that, one of the next dumbest things any U.S. President has ever done is give away the Panama Canal for $1. But President Trump is fixing that, one way or another.
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Report: Trump Orders Military to Plan Operation for Retaking Panama Canal
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Western Journal ^
| March 14, 2025 | Samantha Chang
Commentary President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the jobs report from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 7.Commentary President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the jobs report from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 7. (Anna
Moneymaker / Getty Images) Trump Orders Military to Plan Operation for Retaking Panama Canal: Report By Samantha Chang March 14, 2025 at 6:45am Advertisement - story continues below President Donald Trump has directed the military to devise options for expanding U.S. troop presence in Panama to achieve his goal of “reclaiming” the...
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BlackRock Leads Consortium Buying Panama Canal Ports for Nearly $23B
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Investopedia ^
| Mar.4, 2024 | Aaron Rennie
The ports surrounding the Panama Canal are about to come under American ownership. American
asset management giant BlackRock (BLK) and a group of investors have agreed to buy ports on both sides of the Panama Canal from owner CK Hutchinson Holdings for nearly $23 billion, the Hong Kong-based firm announced Tuesday.
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Hong Kong firm sells Panama Canal ports to BlackRock following Trump pressure
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Semafor ^
| Mar 4, 2025, 12:05pm EST | Mizy Clifton
A BlackRock-led consortium has agreed a $22.8 billion deal to buy two major Panama Canal ports owned by a Hong Kong-based conglomerate following intense pressure from US President Donald Trump over alleged Chinese interference in the critical trade route. The
sale is a victory for Trump, the Financial Times noted. The president had repeatedly suggested the US could take the Canal back, citing national security concerns: The waterway is controlled by Panama, but the ports at either end are privately owned. This deal brings two at either entry to the Canal under US ownership. The BlackRock-led group will acquire a...
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News Summary-Intelligence Report 2/6/2025*Newsdump Thursday*Trump Orders Sanctions On International Court*New US Sanctions On Iran Target Oil For China*US Warships Get Free Panama Canal Passage*
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Nextrush Free ^
| 2/6/2025 | Nextrush/Self
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) prohibiting individuals born male... Forces of the new jihadist government in Syria in deadly clashes along the border with Lebanon... Israeli air strikes in Lebanon tonight... A US federal judge issuing an order maintaining the buyout offer to federal workers until Monday... US President Donald Trump
issuing an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court... In Tunisia opposition politician and leader of the Islamic party Ennahda Rached Ghannouchi given a 22-year prison sentence... Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) revealing USAID funding of mainstream media organizations...now the BBC issuing a statement... The US...
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State Dept: No Fees For US Govt Ships at Panama Canal
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Newsmax.com ^
| 2/5/2025
The State Department said Wednesday that U.S. government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without being charged fees. "The
government of Panama has agreed to no longer charge fees for U.S. government vessels to transit the Panama Canal," the department said in a post on X, adding the agreement will save the U.S. government millions of dollars a year. The Panama Canal Authority did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Marco Rubio talks USAID, US, Mexico, China, Canada tariff wars, Panama canal
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LIVENOW from Fox ^
| 2/4/2025
United States Secretary Marco Rubio sat down with FOX News to discuss the Panama Canal, USAID, and the Trump tariff wars happening between the US, Mexico, China and Canada. This comes after Rubio's trip to Panama. Listen in.
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US ships able to transit Panama Canal without charge fees
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Post Millennial ^
The US State Department under Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced on Wednesday that "U.S. government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge fees." This,
the State Department notes, will save the US "millions of dollars a year." Rubio had warned Panama to curb Chinese influence over the Canal. This is a change in the recently implemented policy of Panama which required increased charge fees of all ships passing through the Canal.
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🇺🇸🍿🇵🇦 Panama Canal UPDATE- 🇺🇸🍿🇵🇦
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https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/49193 ^
| 03 Feb 2025 | Amir Tsarfati -
The tides are turning. After Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit, Panama has AGREED to: 🔴 Grant U.S. Navy ships FREE passage through the Panama Canal. 🔴 TERMINATE its canal deal with China—cutting Beijing’s grip on global trade. 🔴 EXIT China’s 2017 ‘Belt and Road Initiative’—ending CCP influence in the region. This
is a MAJOR blow to China’s expansionist agenda and a massive WIN for American dominance. The globalist order is crumbling, and the U.S. is BACK.
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The Communist Who Convinced Jimmy Carter to Give Away the Panama Canal
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American Thinker ^
| Jerome Corsi
The late Jimmy Carter didn’t come up spontaneously with the idea of giving away the Panama Canal, which America spent blood and gold on and which is an essential part of its national security. Instead,
he had Robert A. Pastor, a communist, whispering in his ear. A globalist who desired to merge incrementally the U.S., Mexico, and Canada into a “North American Union” (NAU) along the model of the European Union, Pastor’s intellectual development was rooted in Marxism. Pastor played an instrumental role in the Carter administration’s decision to relinquish control of the Panama Canal. ... In what appears to...
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Bolton: Trump’s Tough Talk on Panama Canal ‘Makes Us Look Ridiculous’
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Breitbart ^
| 01/24/2025 | Pam Key
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton claimed Friday on CNN’s “Newsroom” that President Donald Trump talking about taking back the Panama Canal and not ruling out using military force “makes us look ridiculous.” Host
Jim Acosta said, “I just wanted to get your take on what Trump said during his inaugural speech earlier this week that the U.S. should take back the Panama Canal. Do you take that seriously? And what does that mean, take back the panama canal? Does he mean some sort of military operation or pressuring the Panamanians to hand it back over to the U.S.?” Bolton...
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House bill introduced to authorize U.S. buyback of the Panama Canal
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WashingtonTimes ^
| 09 Jan 2025 | Alex Miller
Rep. Dusty Johnson unveiled legislation that would authorize the repurchase of the Panama Canal, giving congressional teeth to President-elect Donald Trump’s wish to take back the strategic waterway. The
Panama Canal Repurchase Act of 2025 would give Mr. Trump, in coordination with the secretary of state, the authority to enter into negotiations with the Panamanian government to buy the canal. Mr. Trump recently said the U.S. should regain control of the Panama Canal to bolster national security interests, largely over concerns about China’s influence over the operations... Panama became a part of China’s Belt and Road initiative in 2018...
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Trump ramps up threats to gain control of Greenland and Panama Canal
(Liberal fear mongering alert)
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BBC ^
| 1/8/2025 | Davies and Wendling
President-elect Donald Trump has reiterated his desire for the US to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, calling both critical to American national security. Asked
if he would rule out using military or economic force in order to take over the autonomous Danish territory or the Canal, he responded: "No, I can't assure you on either of those two. "But I can say this, we need them for economic security," he told reporters during a wide-ranging news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Both Denmark and Panama have rejected any suggestion that they would give up territory. Trump also...
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The Panama Canal: Hostage to the US-China Trade War?
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Geopolitical Futures ^
| 01/10/2025 | Allison Fedirka
In November 1906, Theodore Roosevelt became the first sitting U.S. president to make a diplomatic visit outside the continental United States, sailing to Panama to view the construction of the Panama Canal. In September 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed a treaty that would ultimately give Panama full control and operation over the
canal in 2000. And in December 2024, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to retake the canal from Panama. The chances of this happening are slim, of course. But like most political rhetoric, his comments denote larger goals and aspirations – in this case, Trump’s domestic agenda, which likely...
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