US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the State Department’s assertion that Panama “has agreed to no longer charge fees” to US government vessels transiting the Panama Canal ...

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday rejected U.S. claims that American warships and boats can transit the Panama Canal without paying a standard fee. In a weekly news conference ...

The Panama Canal Authority has denied the US State Department’s claim that a deal has been reached allowing United States government vessels to cross the canal without paying fees, likely ...

Panama has denied the U.S. State Department's claim that the country will eliminate fees for U.S. government vessels transiting the Panama Canal, just one day after the State Department initially ...

Hong Kong CNN — Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama Canal and accusing the country of ceding ...

Panama has vehemently denied claims made by the US on Thursday that its government vessels would have free passage through the Panama Canal, calling the US claims “lies and falsehoods”.

The Panama Canal Authority issued a statement late on Wednesday, rejecting the State Department's claim that Panama's government had agreed to no longer charge crossing fees for U.S. government ...

On Wednesday evening, the U.S. State Department said via X that “U.S. government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge fees, saving the U.S. government millions of dollars a ...

The United States said Wednesday (February 5, 2025) that its government vessels would sail for free through the Panama Canal following heavy pressure from President Donald Trump, but authorities ...

Ship capacity transiting through the Panama Canal was 10% lower between September 2024 and January 2025 than the 2019-22 average, measured in deadweight tonnes, according to the Baltic and ...