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"She's Free": Giant Ship Stuck In Suez Canal Afloat, Traffic Resumes
Shipping traffic through Egypt's Suez Canal resumed on Monday after a giant container ship which had been blocking the busy waterway for almost a week was refloated, the canal authority said.
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Europe Cold Snap: River Shipping Halted, Number Of Deaths Rises To 61
Officials suspended shipping along Europe's second-longest waterway on Tuesday as a polar spell gripped a large swathe of the continent, causing hardship especially among migrants, the homeless and the elderly. The deep freeze has caused at least 61 deaths since it began last week, a third of those in Poland.
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River Information System To Act Like Air Traffic Control: Nitin Gadkari
A river information system similar to air traffic control will now keep vigil on waterway traffic just the way it's done in Europe, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said.
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Egypt Plans to Dig New Suez Canal Costing $4 Billion
Egypt plans to build a new Suez Canal alongside the existing 145-year-old historic waterway in a multi-billion dollar project aimed at expanding trade along the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia.
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Soldiers sweep ice for Dutch skating race
Dutch troops joined a race against time on Wednesday to prepare ice for a legendary 125-mile (200-kilometer) race across frozen waterways in the northern Netherlands that could be staged for the first time in 15 years. A group of 50 soldiers in camouflage fatigues shovelled snow along a possible alternative route in case ice on part of the traditio...
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"She's Free": Giant Ship Stuck In Suez Canal Afloat, Traffic Resumes
Shipping traffic through Egypt's Suez Canal resumed on Monday after a giant container ship which had been blocking the busy waterway for almost a week was refloated, the canal authority said.
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Europe Cold Snap: River Shipping Halted, Number Of Deaths Rises To 61
Officials suspended shipping along Europe's second-longest waterway on Tuesday as a polar spell gripped a large swathe of the continent, causing hardship especially among migrants, the homeless and the elderly. The deep freeze has caused at least 61 deaths since it began last week, a third of those in Poland.
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River Information System To Act Like Air Traffic Control: Nitin Gadkari
A river information system similar to air traffic control will now keep vigil on waterway traffic just the way it's done in Europe, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said.
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Egypt Plans to Dig New Suez Canal Costing $4 Billion
Egypt plans to build a new Suez Canal alongside the existing 145-year-old historic waterway in a multi-billion dollar project aimed at expanding trade along the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia.
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Soldiers sweep ice for Dutch skating race
Dutch troops joined a race against time on Wednesday to prepare ice for a legendary 125-mile (200-kilometer) race across frozen waterways in the northern Netherlands that could be staged for the first time in 15 years. A group of 50 soldiers in camouflage fatigues shovelled snow along a possible alternative route in case ice on part of the traditio...
