A truck drives past the port gate of Panama Ports Company’s entrance in Panama City on Jan. 30, 2026. Aris Martinez/Reuters
A subsidiary of Hong Kong-based company CK Hutchison has launched arbitration proceedings against the Danish shipping giant Maersk over the takeover of two ports at either end of the Panama Canal, which were at the heart of a power struggle between Washington and Beijing.
In an April 7 statement, Panama Ports Company (PPC) said Maersk broke a long-term contract in February, when it sided with the Panamanian government to help remove it from the Port of Balboa.
