Science and Technology Panama bets on a $4.5 billion railway bridge over the Panama Canal and calls on Renfe to validate a 450 km high-speed line that promises 50,000 jobs, but still faces the technical challenge of crossing one of the world’s most strategic routes. Carla Teles 03/06/2026 at 20:44
Maritime Transport The Panama Canal stores water in Gatún and Alhajuela lakes to maintain 38 daily crossings and prevent a drought linked to El Niño from once again stalling ships, raising freight rates, and putting pressure on global supply chains as occurred in 2023 and 2024. Carla Teles 24/05/2026 at 18:19
Logistics and Transportation Crisis in Ormuz boosts traffic through the Panama Canal and transforms the strategic route into an unexpected money-making machine for the Central American country amid the current and urgent global maritime chaos. Noel Budeguer 14/05/2026 at 10:50
Construction Brazil is building a road that cuts across four countries from ocean to ocean, and almost no one is talking about it, but when it’s finished, it could make what currently takes 30 days arrive in just 10 and change everything you buy. Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 30/04/2026 at 18:53
Construction A new bridge costing up to $2 billion is beginning to redesign the Panama Canal with six lanes, integration for mass transport, and a strategic crossing aimed at alleviating one of the most critical logistical bottlenecks in Central America. Valdemar Medeiros 23/04/2026 at 18:58
Logistics and Transportation China Loses Control of the Panama Canal: Government Withdraws Two Ports After Court Ruling Nullifies Concession and Resparks Billion-Dollar Dispute Between Beijing and Washington in Latin America Noel Budeguer 26/02/2026 at 16:54
Economy Panama Canal Shrinks With Historic 2023 Drought, Halting Nearly 4% of Global Maritime Trade and Sparking Race for New Interoceanic Corridors in Nicaragua, Mexico, Central America, and Colombia Carla Teles 09/02/2026 at 10:21
Construction Ships Cross Two Oceans While Rising Up To 26 Meters, Passing Through 304.8-Meter Chambers and Highlighting the Critical Point of the Panama Canal: The Use of Approximately 200 Million Liters of Freshwater Per Transit Noel Budeguer 19/12/2025 at 08:26
Maritime Transport How The Panama Canal Raises 160,000-Ton Ships, Wastes 200 Million Liters Of Water Per Crossing, And Still Faces Droughts, Colossal Explosions, And Millimeter Maneuvers To Keep Global Trade Running Without A Single Day Off Bruno Teles 04/12/2025 at 15:30
Economy The $5.25 Billion Expansion That Doubled the Capacity of a 102-Year-Old Waterway, Employing 40,000 People to Redefine Global Maritime Trade Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 22/10/2025 at 16:58
Construction The Hydroelectric Plant That Moved More Earth Than the Panama Canal, Becoming Brazil’s Most Controversial and Monumental Infrastructure Project Carla Teles 13/06/2025 at 23:55
Economy Washington On Alert Over China’s Billion-Dollar Railroad Project In Brazil That Could Challenge U.S. Hegemony And Transform Global Trade In South America Alisson Ficher 04/06/2025 at 13:32
