
U.S. Navy ships transiting the Panama Canal aren’t entitled to a free ride just yet despite the State Department’s announcement this week saying they would transit the waterway without paying fees, according to the canal’s governing authority. The Panama Canal Authority said Wednesday on an official social media account that it had not made any adjustments to the tolls or fees charged for canal use. The authority also emphasized its sovereign governance of the passageway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The post on X, formerly Twitter, did express a...