CK Hutchison Holdings Group announced today that it has intensified legal actions against the Republic of Panama in response to the takeover of the port activities of its Panama Ports Company (PPC) subsidiary by the government Panamanian which is considered illegitimate by the Hong Kong group. PPC has initiated arbitration proceedings at the International Chamber of Commerce asking for compensation of over 1.5 billion of dollars for having been forced to cease operations ports of Balboa and Cristóbal that the government of Panama awarded APM Terminals and the Terminal Investment Limited (TiL) ( of 4, 23, 24 and 27 February 2026).

CK Hutchison specified that it has submitted an integration to its previous notification of a dispute against the State of Panama under an applicable investment treaty that provides for international arbitration. The Chinese group specified whereas integration underlines that the Central American state has continued to ignore communications and interrupt consultations between the parties and that, on the contrary, the Panamanian State, without transparency, occupied the ports and seized the PPC property and personnel. In addition, the Chinese group specified that it had taken note of various statements considered inaccurate statements by the State of Panama relating to CK Hutchison and PPC which would have further aggravated the situation.