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With the Panama Canal in drought and the Strait of Hormuz also vulnerable to Iran, global trade routes are under severe pressure.
Smart water management isn’t just good for the earth. It’s good for business.
Central America is a long way from Australia but a drought in the region is having an impact on the availability and price of some products.
Irving Oil is transporting Canadian crude oil by tanker through the Panama Canal and the Gulf of Mexico to its Saint John refinery in an effort to offset any impact COVID-19 might have on its supply.
The Panama Canal was a tremendous achievement by the U.S. and a display of their power and abilities. However, the health costs to the mostly Caribbean contract workers was enormous.
The canal was under US control for nearly a century and was only recognised as Panamanian on New Year’s Eve 1999.
The Panama Canal just celebrated the opening of its new expansion, which incorporates several engineering marvels to allow it to finally support the super-sized cargo ships that dominate shipping.
There’s an ever-increasing demand for more shipping routes and it’s taking its toll on the planet.
The Nicaraguan government has granted a concession to a mysterious Chinese company owned by Jing Wang, a little-known Hong-Kong based businessman, to build an inter-oceanic canal. This would provide an…
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PhD Candidate, Lancaster Center for Mobilities Research, Lancaster University
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