{"id":150019,"date":"2026-04-20T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150019"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:00:10","slug":"beyond-panama-and-hormuz-8-critical-waterways-under-the-global-microscope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150019","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Panama and Hormuz: 8 critical waterways under the global microscope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostFirst, it was the Panama Canal, then came the Strait of Hormuz. What could be next?<br \/>\nAmerica\u2019s actions in the two major shipping channels have grabbed headlines, and global attention is shifting to the strategic importance and potential risks of other critical trade waterways.<br \/>\nSome of the chokepoints were examined in a US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) investigation in March last year of unfavourable shipping conditions, signalling America\u2019s heightened focus on international routes and&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3350772\/beyond-panama-and-hormuz-8-critical-waterways-under-global-microscope?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostFirst, it was the Panama Canal, then came the Strait of Hormuz. What could be next? America\u2019s actions in the two major shipping channels&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150019"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}