Panama! Panama Canal!
January 29, 2025
In this episode, Sal Mercogliano—a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the recent Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on the Panama Canal and the testimonies by the Commissioners Sola and Maffei of the Federal Maritime Commission.
#supplychain #panama #fmc
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00:00 Introduction
01:49 Chairman Sola’s Statement
11:10 Commission Maffei’s Statement
14:27 Independence of Panama Canal & The Jones Act
17:58 Chinese Subsidized Bids & Port Control Globally
21:57 China Influence Across Maritime Spectrum
26:42 Threat of Chinese Operational Control of Panama Canal and Others
32;38 Conclusion
Examining the Panama Canal and Its Impact on U.S. Trade and National Security
https://www.youtube.com/live/PfCRgOuaAXM?si=Pojtz0rAm1LEmxuz
Senate Hearing Grills Chinese Influence Over Panama Canal Amid Trump’s Call for US Control
https://gcaptain.com/senate-hearing-grills-chinese-influence-over-panama-canal-amid-trumps-call-for-us-control/
Why would US invade Panama? US Senate hearing gives rationale
https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1152389/Why-would-US-invade-Panama-US-Senate-hearing-gives-rationale
Senator Cruz: China’s Panama Canal Strategy Poses ‘Acute Risks to U.S. Security’
https://gcaptain.com/senator-cruz-chinas-panama-canal-strategy-poses-acute-risks-to-u-s-security/
Panama Canal Defies Drought with $3.45 Billion Profit Despite Fewer Ships
https://gcaptain.com/panama-canal-defies-drought-with-3-45-billion-profit-despite-fewer-ships/
Tracking China’s Control of Overseas Ports
https://www.cfr.org/tracker/china-overseas-ports
Logistics Wins (and Loses) Wars
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2024/february/logistics-wins-and-loses-wars
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what can go wrong? Impose restrictions on panamain flagged ships😂?
They will reciprocate. no US ships goes through the canal. Exactly what we feared.
The panamain flagged ships re-registered elsewhere or they simply just carry cargo elsewhere and the non panamain flagged ships picks up those cargo.
WTF these dipshits thinking! Again populist screw things up without.
Lol, Donnie Lee Roth tRump in hotpants, lmao
Why are there big container ports at both ends of the canal? Where do the containers go when they're taken off ships, and where do they come from to go onto ships?
Panama making more money from less traffic is the law of supply and demand, aka market forces, aka good ol' Merkin business practices., so what's yer problem. America seems to have no friends, only enemies and potential enemies. And Trump is not helping.
Man. No Panama? Im unsubscribing 😂
We dont own the grid. Its very vulnerable. And trump is doing what i thought he would do. Piss them off. And off it eventually goes. For us at bottom anyway. Most likely. For military reasons.
Everything in china is the government. All owned by ccp. Thats how it works in communist countries. Were different. Try to let folks do them. This is why and how we got trump. We need a brief dictator. An american one. Restore order. See how it goes from there. Thats what he is doing lol. Dont get mad at me.
Im american. Do what u want kids. But i cant let u destroy me. That i wont do. If it aint destroying me im ok for most part. But what alot of yall are doing is destroying america. Which is me. Cant let u.
I guarantee china or britain would let u get away with half this stuff. Move over there. Try it. A friend of mine marci moved over there to britain. Was back in a year complaining. Grass aint always green. Some like it. I have friends who love it over there. Something about our genes cant do it. And dont want it here.
Well, I guess it's a good sign the administration is paying attention to this. But I don't see there being much willingness to subsidize American companies to do work in the Canal zone. They were elected to slash spending, not increase it. National security will have to be balanced in this situation.
China and Brazil are a problem but not the US!
1:40
To the person recording this. Mute system sounds in the windows volume mixer. It's trivial.
I can hear the music in my mind and it's great. Better matter of fact than VH did it. I'm better than VH… in my own mind. And I don't even charge.
Ever Present…cool name for a ship 😂
Lets say its a DONE DEAL…as Teddy R said, quote "" Its ours , we stole it, fair and square unquote: is Teddy Trump repeating history? will he re name it… the Trump Canal … ?
Hello! So the Global order is screwed! Our Govt. is screwed! The best anyone can do is to go to the poorest country in the world, them try to make a useful way. Regards
The Culebra cut should tell us all we need to know about US Suzerainty over third world countries. The canal is PANAMANIAN territory.
Thanks, Sal!! This answered a lot of questions I had about the Panama Canal.
Rock On Dude!!
Couldn't keep my eyes off the guy falling asleep in the background lol
Our government and leaders are incompetent….how and why in the world would you forfeit naval power and influence to our adversary at this scale !? It’s embarrassing and mind blowing.
Thanks Sal, you're level-headed and informative as always.
Good stuff tks
Tammy Baldwin…sigh.
This was great! I am always thrilled to watch you, Sal. I learn some very interesting things. Keep up the great work.