Ship canal

A ship canal is a canal especially intended to accommodate ships used on the oceans, seas or lakes to which it is connected, as opposed to a barge canal intended to carry barges and other vessels specifically designed for river and/or canal navigation. Because of the constraints of accommodating vessels capable of navigating large bodies of open water, a ship canal typically offers deeper water and higher bridge clearances that a barge canal of similar vessel length and width constraints.

Ship canals may be specially constructed from the start to accommodate ships, or less frequently they may be enlarged barge canals, or canalized or channelized rivers. There are no specific minimum dimensions for ship canals, with the size being largely dictated by the size of ships in use nearby at the time of construction or enlargement.

Ship canals may be constructed for a number of reasons, including:

  • To create a shortcut and avoid lengthy detours.
  • To create a navigable shipping link between two land-locked seas or lakes.
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    Red Sea on fire: US bombs Yemen as Houthis target Israeli-linked ships

    Mail Guardian South Africa 07 Apr 2025
    The Red Sea and the Suez Canal serve as the fastest maritime route between Asia and Europe, with about 21,344 ships passing through the canal in 2023 — accounting for 12% of global trade.
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    Blessed to have darshan of Ram Setu, says Modi

    Hindustan Times 07 Apr 2025
    (ANI) ... Ram Setu has remained a contentious issue since the UPA-I government, when the then shipping and transport minister TR Balu had given a go-ahead to the Sethusamudram Canal Project aimed at creating a shipping canal between India and Sri Lanka.
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    Backyard bully

    China Daily 07 Apr 2025
    It is worth remembering that when the Panamanian government took over the canal in 1999, one of the most critical clauses was maintaining neutrality and fairness in managing the canal for ships from all countries using the passage.
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    Trump posts brutal clip showing Houthis being decimated in air strike | Daily Mail Online

    The Daily Mail 05 Apr 2025
    The attacks meant that many commercial shipping companies could no longer transit the Suez Canal - a vital maritime passageway splitting Africa and the Middle East that used to carry roughly 30 per cent of world container traffic.
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    Hegseth is to travel to Panama for meetings following Trump’s demands for the canal

    The Associated Press 05 Apr 2025
    allegations of Chinese interference in the operations of the critical Panama Canal shipping lane ... China exerts influence over the canal.
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    Trump shares footage of airstrike obliterating dozens of Houthis: ‘They will never sink our ships again!’

    New York Post 05 Apr 2025
    “They will never sink our ships again!” ... Houthis have been targeting ships in the region since 2023, wreaking havoc on the trade route along the critical Suez Canal ... ships, and we will stop shooting at you.
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    Panama Canal Launches Bid Process for Strategic Energy Pipeline to Boost Capacity

    gCaptain 04 Apr 2025
    The Panama Canal Board of Directors has launched a bidding process for a new energy products pipeline in response to drought-induced operational challenges and shifting global energy shipping patterns.
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    US defense chief to visit Panama next week: Pentagon

    Raw Story 04 Apr 2025
    ... on the Panama Canal to pull out. The last US soldier left Panama on December 31, 1999 -- the day the United States, which built the Panama Canal, relinquished control of the crucial shipping route.
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    Maersk Acquires Operations Of The Panama-Colón Train -

    MENA FN 04 Apr 2025
    (MENAFN - Newsroom Panama) Panama . APM Terminals, an independent division of Danish shipping company AP Moller-Maersk, announced the acquisition of Panama Canal Railway Company (PCRC). –Panama ... .
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    Why the US is striking the Houthis in Yemen

    The Hill 04 Apr 2025
    They are a regional actor engaged in offensive operations across borders — against Israel, against civilian shipping and against the U.S. Since November 2023, the Houthis have launched on international shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
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    The Hill 04 Apr 2025
    Buyer beware! ... Bush from 2001 to 2009 ... During the heavily publicized Signal chat regarding bombings against Yemen's Houthi rebels, Vance wrote, “I just hate bailing Europe out again,” noting its far greater reliance on shipping through the Suez Canal.
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    president’s escalating trade war ... Not even a better-than-expected report on the U.S ... The planned meeting follows recent Trump administration complaints about alleged Chinese interference with the operations of the critical Panama Canal shipping lane ... .
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    Pentagon watchdog to probe defence chief over Signal chat row

    The New Arab 04 Apr 2025
    Houthi attacks have prevented ships from passing through the Suez Canal, a vital route that normally carries about 12 percent of world shipping traffic, forcing many companies into a costly detour around southern Africa.
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    Poll: 77 Percent of Americans Continue to Support Israel over Hamas

    Daily Alert 03 Apr 2025
    72% say Iran's nuclear facilities should be destroyed, while 59% think the U.S ... ships and blocking shipping through the Suez Canal ....
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