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Panama urges Chiquita's return after shutdown
Fresh Plaza
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July 10, 2025
Panama's President, José Raúl Mulino, expressed commitment to persuading U.S.-based Chiquita Brands to restore its operations in Panama following the company's closure during protests that reportedly caused over $75 million in losses. In the...
Panama Canal Reports Strong Economic Health and a Vibrant Future During its Q3 Market Call
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 10, 2025
The Panama Canal provided the third quarterly market update, by highlighting key achievements and forward-looking strategies in a call hosted by Managing Director of Emerging Markets Corporate Research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Anna Milne....
Panama Canal Maintains Full Draft Through Dry Season
Ship & Bunker
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July 10, 2025
The Panama Canal has maintained its full 50-foot draft through this year’s dry season, avoiding the shipping disruption seen during previous years. Image Credit: ACP The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has confirmed it maintained its full 50-foot...
Panama’s national strike, state repression and US imperial interests: An interview with union leader José Cambra
LINKS
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July 10, 2025
Large sections of Panama’s working class have been mobilising since April in nationwide strikes and protests against the José Raúl Mulino government. Teachers were the first to walk off and have maintained an indefinite national strike for more...
Panama Canal rebounds as container and LPG volumes rise
Splash 247
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July 10, 2025
While the Red Sea has roared back to the front pages of the shipping press this week, and the Black Sea remains blighted by war, one other chokepoint that has caused supply chain chaos in recent years has reported that it is operating at full...
Panama’s President Pushes for Chiquita’s Return After Massive Layoffs
Tico Times
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July 9, 2025
Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino pledged on Wednesday to do everything possible to convince U.S. banana giant Chiquita Brands to resume operations in the country, after the company shut down during a strike and protests that caused it millions...
AMERICAS: Panama sees 19.8% increase in H1 bunker sales
Bunkerspot
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July 11, 2025
11 Jul In a report published yesterday (10 July) the NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) has claimed that the European Investment Bank (EIB) lent more than €7 billion between 2021 and 2024 for a range of ‘dirty transport projects’ that will increase...
PANAMA off the EU “Gray List”
Panama Now Online
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July 9, 2025
https://newsroompanama.com/2025/07/09/mulino-on-panamas-removal-from-the-european-unions-gray-list-it-was-a-titanic-effort/ Coclé: President José Raúl Mulino said he was “pleased” after Panama’s exclusion from the European Union’s list of...
Terramar DMC Mourns Sudden Loss of Industry Leader
Meetings Today
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Terramar DMC, a global destination management company with a large presence in Mexico, announced the sudden passing of Managing Director Lee Chipman, who spent a decade with the DMC as well as nearly three decades with Hilton. “Lee wasn’t just a...
Arctic shipping noise is silencing narwhals and shifting their movements, study finds
The Globe and Mail
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July 10, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:A narwhal surfaces at the eastern entrance of Pond Inlet in Nunavut last month.Alexander James Ootoowak/Supplied On the floe edge near Pond Inlet, in the northern part of Baffin Island, Nunavut, narwhal pods are...
Trump Admin Ramps Up Fight Against ‘Flesh Eating Parasite’ Threatening US Cattle Industry
Independent Journal Review
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July 10, 2025
The Trump administration shuttered the southern border to all livestock imports on Wednesday to combat the spread of a parasitic larvae that feasts on the live flesh of cattle known as the New World screwworm (NWS). Department of Agriculture...
Energy Transfer announces annual $500,000 donation to Disaster Relief Program
Dallas City Wire - Texas
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July 8, 2025
Kelcy Warren, Executive Chairman and founder of Energy Transfer | Energy TransferKelcy Warren, Executive Chairman and founder of Energy Transfer | Energy Transfer Energy Transfer has announced its annual $500,000 donation to the American Red Cross...
Inside Panama’s gamble to save the Darién
Mongabay
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July 10, 2025
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In the dense, humid expanse of the Darién Gap — a forbidding swath of rainforest bridging Panama and Colombia — a...
Mulino on Panama’s Removal from the European Union’s gray list: “It was a titanic effort.”
Newsroom Panama
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July 9, 2025
Coclé: President José Raúl Mulino said he was “pleased” after Panama’s exclusion from the European Union’s list of high-risk jurisdictions for money laundering. During an opening ceremony for the new Río Hato Health Center, the president...
Resort and Hotel brand founded in PANAMA on the. CRYSTAL BALL “Red Frog” Employees….
Panama Now Online
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July 9, 2025
* MARK MY WORDS…….”Insolvency” will occur with these f—s as well!!! SAVE THIS POST “JB” This was confirmed by Labor Minister Andrés Romero in statements to Costa Rican media outlet CR Hoy , where he described the situation as “very complicated”...
Francisco Smith Of Bocas Del Toro Panama Is Released But Must Sign In Every Month -
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN- Newsroom Panama) The general secretary of the Banana, Agricultural, and Related Business Workers' Union (Sintraibana), Francisco Smith, was released following a change in the precautionary measure issued by an appeals court. From now on,...
No impact of 50% copper tariffs by US on Indian companies, says industry
ETAuto
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July 9, 2025
Industry officials said the tariffs have increased steel prices in the United States, impacting several sectors, including home appliances, cars, and construction. The proposed 50 per cent import tariff on copper announced by US President Donald...
No impact of 50% copper tariffs on Indian companies, says industry
The Hindu
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July 9, 2025
Sheets of copper cathode at BHP Billiton’s Escondida, the world’s biggest copper mine, in Antofagasta. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The proposed 50% import tariff on copper announced by U.S. President Donald Trump will not have any impact on...
Indian engineer dies on ship in Sharjah, family demands probe
The Siasat Daily
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July 9, 2025
Abu Dhabi: Anurag Tiwari, a 33-year-old marine engineer from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, India, died on June 29 while working aboard a Panama-flagged vessel docked at Sharjah Port in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). His family has alleged negligence...
The Expansion of Logistics Services is a Recent Panama Canal Highlight
Newsroom Panama
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July 8, 2025
Panama’s minister for canal affairs José Ramón Icaza presented the key projects shaping the future of the Panama Canal during his keynote address at the 10th International Financial Summit, in Panama. “Over the past 25 years, the canal has served...