waterway
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About 14,000 ships per year use the artificial waterway - which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
In 2023, the ACP cut the number of vessels using the waterway during the last El Niño period after Panama was hit with its driest October since records began in 1950.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Panama Canal will reduce shipping volumes from next month because of a drought fueled by the El Nino phenomenon, the operator of the strategic waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans said Thursday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Gulf country that borders the Strait of Hormuz to the south is in talks with Iran to allow more commercial traffic in the waterway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The bridge to the islands was opening for a two-masted schooner that was maneuvering down the inland waterway.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
As the rivers, and the world, churned onward, new threats to the health of the waterways have emerged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
An alternative Arctic route, the Northwest Passage that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans via the Canadian Arctic, is less passable because it is dominated by narrow waterways where ice gets bunched up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The road where the otter was injured crosses several waterways that the animals often use, Pedrioli said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
As a heat wave dries Germany's rivers, government ministers are at odds over what to do about it -- re-engineer the waterways or restore them to their natural state.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The impact would have knocked down every structure in the city and collapsed the underground waterways, damming the Uzumark that flows under our feet, and flooding the whole valley.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
