The Chinese Ministry of Transportation on Tuesday summoned representatives of shipping giants Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) to discuss how “international shipping operations” have been disrupted by the Iran war and the Panama Canal legal dispute.
Such a summons from the authoritarian regime in Beijing is almost always meant as a warning.
The Panama Canal dispute began in February, when the country’s highest court invalidated the long-term contracts for two ports signed with Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison in 1997 as unconstitutional.
The two ports, Balboa and Cristobal, are located at opposite ends of the Panama Canal trade route…
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