 Since the turn of the 21st century, shipping has increased in the last few decades with fruit exports, increasing opening of the Chilean economy to world commerce, and larger-scale, Post-Panamax ships that do not fit the Panama Canal.On March 28, 1814, the USS "Essex" was defeated by British frigates "Phoebe" and "Cherub" during the War of 1812, leading to the deaths of 58 US Marines.