US and Panamanian military forces conduct a joint drill at the Panama Canal during the visit of US defense secretary Pete Hegseth to Port of Rodman in West Panama, Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

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 ...

FILE PHOTO: The Balboa Port is pictured after Hong Kong's CK Hutchison agreed to sell its interests in a key Panama Canal port operator to a BlackRock Inc-backed consortium, in Panama City.

(Reuters) - The number of vessels that transited the Panama Canal, the world's second-busiest waterway, fell to an average of 33.7 per day in March for a total of 1,045 ships that month ...