Current：Home > ContactA drought, a jam, a canal — Panama! -FutureFinance
A drought, a jam, a canal — Panama!
View
Date：2025-04-13 15:03:13
The Panama Canal links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It sees hundreds of billions worth of stuff pass through it every year. But a historic drought is making it a little harder for big cargo ships to get through the fifty-one mile long channel. Today on the show, we look at how this backup presents yet another test for global supply chains.
Related Episode:
Two Indicators: supply chain and solutions (Apple Podcasts / Spotify)
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
veryGood！ (678)
Related
- What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
- Keanu Reeves and More Honor Late John Wick Co-Star Lance Reddick Days After His Death
- Luke Combs and Wife Nicole Expecting Baby No. 2
- Meet The Everyday Crypto Investors Caught Up In The FTX Implosion
- Alex Murdaugh’s murder appeal cites biased clerk and prejudicial evidence
- Twitter's Safety Chief Quit. Here's Why.
- Google pays nearly $392 million to settle sweeping location-tracking case
- Twitter begins advertising a paid verification plan for $8 per month
- The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
- Elon Musk says he will grant 'amnesty' to suspended Twitter accounts
Ranking
- Trump issues order to ban transgender troops from serving openly in the military
- Keanu Reeves and More Honor Late John Wick Co-Star Lance Reddick Days After His Death
- The Bachelor: How Zach's No Sex Fantasy Suites Week Threw Things Into Chaos
- Ulta 24-Hour Flash Sale: Take 50% Off Origins, Live Tinted, Foreo, Jaclyn Cosmetics, and More
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- Gilmore Girls Costume Supervisor Sets the Record Straight on Father of Rory Gilmore's Baby
- Emily Ratajkowski Reveals Her Most Dramatic Look Yet With New Pixie Haircut
- Twitter's chaos could make political violence worse outside of the U.S.
Recommendation
DoorDash steps up driver ID checks after traffic safety complaints
Gisele Bündchen Addresses Very Hurtful Assumptions About Tom Brady Divorce
South Carolina doctors give young Ukraine war refugee the gift of sound
We Ranked All of Reese Witherspoon's Rom-Coms—What, Like It's Hard?
EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
Emily Ratajkowski Reveals Her Most Dramatic Look Yet With New Pixie Haircut
Tearful Ed Sheeran Addresses Wife Cherry Seaborn's Health and Jamal Edwards' Death in Docuseries Trailer
Why conspiracy theories about Paul Pelosi's assault keep circulating