The Northwest Passage, or Northern Sea route, was first crossed ... About 40% of U.S. container shipping currently travels through the Panama Canal, according to the trade publication CargoNOW.

A Hong Kong-based company has agreed to sell most of its stake in two key ports on the Panama ... canal is under Chinese control and that the US should take control of the major shipping route.

amid President Donald Trump's repeated assertion he wants to "take back" the key global shipping route in Panama. Trump had claimed the canal's toll charges were too high and that it was being ...

The Panama Canal is running ... WSJ takes you inside the canal’s operations to understand what this means for the future of this vital shipping route. Photo: Getty Images ...