The Houthis began targeting commercial shipping on November 19, 2023, and claimed their first attack on a U.S. warship on January 9, 2024. In response, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 2722 ...

Up until recently, modern aircraft carriers like the Nimitz-class and Ford-Class carriers could pass through the Suez canal, ...

We gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back.” Thus spoke Donald Trump shortly after BlackRock, an American investment firm ...

Unlike the Suez Canal, the Panama Canal runs on fresh water. The ensuing constraints also resulted in less cargo being transported. The lack of rainfall reduced the daily passage of ships from 38 ...

Ferdinand de Lesseps, builder of the Suez Canal, led the project. His plan called for a sea-level canal to be dug along the path of the Panama Railroad. Some 50 miles in length, the canal would be ...

Shippers have other routes available that will take longer, but the ongoing Panama Canal drought makes them more attractive. Shippers may consider the Suez Canal in Egypt or the Cape of Hope in ...