Keywords: US Navy 050807-F-4883S-030 Ecuadorian Sailors assigned to the Ecuadorian Corvette BAE El Oro (CM 14), prepare for quarters while in port at Panama City, Panama, before beginning at sea exercises during PANAMAX 2005.jpg en Panama City Panama Aug 7 2005 Ecuadorian Sailors assigned to the Ecuadorian Corvette BAE El Oro CM 14 prepare for quarters while in port at Panama City Panama before beginning at sea exercises during PANAMAX 2005 PANAMAX is a training exercise in defense of the Panama Canal involving 15 countries The Panama Canal is critical to the free flow of trade and goods in the Western Hemisphere and the entire world The region's economy and stability largely depend on the safe transport of several hundred million tons of cargo that transit through the canal every year U S Air Force photo by Tech Sgt Rick Sforza RELEASED 2005-08-07 050807-F-4883S-030 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 27022 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy PANAMAX 2005 BAP Villavicencio FM 52 BAP Sanchez Carrion CM-26 Naval Base Vasco Núñez de Balboa Navy people of Ecuador |