Tag: canals
Trump says US ships should have free use of Panama and Suez canals
US president tasks secretary of state Marco Rubio with making ‘immediate’ progress Donald Trump has demanded free transit for American commercial and military ships through the Panama and Suez canals, tasking his secretary of state with making progress “immediately”. Trump has for months been calling for the United States to take control of the Panama…
Panama Canal’s Expansion Opened Routes for Fish to Relocate
Scientists with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute on Lake Gatún in Panama during nighttime field work. By Raymond Zhong Photographs and Video by Charlie Cordero Raymond Zhong and Charlie Cordero spent a rainy night with scientists on a boat in the Panama Canal. Night fell as the two scientists got to work, unfurling long nets…