FreightWaves Classics: Panama Canal serves shipping and commerce for more than 100 years
As most people are aware, the Suez Canal was blocked earlier this year for six days (March 23-29). According to the Suez Canal Authority, which maintains and operates the waterway, the canal has closed five times since it opened for navigation in 1869. Interestingly, the Panama Canal has never been blocked, and has only been closed for a day. That occurred in 1989, when U.S. military forces staged an assault in Panama to depose the country’s leader, Manuel Noriega. A shortcut to the Orient The idea of creating a water passage across the isthmus of Panama to link the Atlantic and Pacific oce...
Source: railpage.com.au