Sentence examples for closes shipping from inspiring English sources
Similarly, tariffs or other protectionist measures aimed at foreign nations have a certain populist appeal, even though their economic effects may be roughly the same as those caused by a natural disaster that closes shipping lanes or chokes off a domestic harbor.
It was the first actual Asian carp seen above the barrier, and intensified calls by environmentalists and neighboring states to close shipping locks on the waterways.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, urged the Army Corps of Engineers to close shipping locks on a waterway south of Chicago that could provide a path for the carp to reach Lake Michigan.
In addition, the storm closed shipping ports in Dos Bocas in Tabasco, Coatzacoalcos in Veracruz, and Cayo Arcas in Campeche.
Iran has threatened to respond by cutting off oil exports and closing shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, at a moment that the world economy is highly vulnerable.
The college also unsuccessfully proposed to the city council in 1638 that it should be permitted to expand to the north by closing Ship Street and purchasing the council's properties there.
If the canal and pipeline were closed, ships transporting oil would be forced to add 6,000 miles to their journey, the Energy Department notes, in a document that describes "World Oil Transit Chokepoints". The Egyptian protests have evidently stoked fears of an interruption.
The river, closed to shipping Sunday night, reopened on Monday night.
Many of Japan's major harbors, including those of Tokyo, Yokohama and Nagoya, became permanently closed to shipping.
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.
