Sentence examples for closed to shipping from inspiring English sources

The river, closed to shipping Sunday night, reopened on Monday night.

BERLIN — A section of the Rhine, one of Europe's busiest rivers, was closed to shipping Thursday after a barge carrying tons of sulfuric acid sank in strong currents.

Many of Japan's major harbors, including those of Tokyo, Yokohama and Nagoya, became permanently closed to shipping.

Made obsolete by the opening of the St . Lawrence Seawayin 1959, the route was closed to shipping in 1970.

The Panama Canal was closed to shipping for the first time in 21 years, because of flooding.Back to the drawing boardAmerican officials said that direct talks between Israelis and Palestinians, stalled since September, would not resume.

Mr Milosevic's determination to keep the Danube closed to shipping, thus reminding everyone that it was NATO that had destroyed the bridges over the river during last year's bombing campaign, badly hurt Bulgaria and Romania.In this section Eyes on Kosovo, again Fresh hope for Bulgaria Aegean rumpus Elisabeth Guigou, a rising force in France Come back!

The channel was permanently closed to ship traffic earlier this year.

Kevin Lynn of the Coast Guard said the river was closed to ship traffic from the Port of Savannah while the river was searched for possible victims.

Officials said the port had been closed to ships carrying refined fuel as well as food and other goods.

After notification of a fresh outbreak of plague along the eastern Mediterranean Sea, port cities to the west were closed to ships arriving from plague-infected areas (15 ).

The company is close to shipping the last of its 19,000 preordered docks, Mr. Hopkins said.