A drone view shows the Panama Canal area in Panama City, Panama, June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Enea Lebrun

HOUSTON (Reuters) -Executives from the Panama Canal plan to meet shipping companies interested in the construction and operation of two new ports in the waterway's area in early December, and expect to have the companies prequalified in early 2026, the canal's chief Ricaurte Vasquez said in a conference on Monday.

(Reporting by Marianna Parraga; Editing by Nia Williams)