There were originally two large container terminals at either end of the canal, for which winning bids were made by the Hong Kong firm Hutchison Whampoa, which is said to have PRC financial backing. This worried the US, which still has authority over the canal, and the Americans protested to mainland China.
巴拿馬運河兩端原本就有兩個大碼頭，被「不是猛龍不過江」、據傳帶有「中資」色彩的和記黃埔標走，連一向視巴拿馬運河為勢力範圍的美國都深以為憂，而向中共提出抗議。