Sentence examples for river ship from inspiring English sources
THE HARLEM RIVER SHIP CANAL allowed boats to travel all the way around Manhattan and significantly shortened the route from the Hudson River to Long Island Sound.
Passengers also will have access to a tender to seek out more private destinations, an unusual feature for a river ship.
Vitaly Mutko, Russia's sport minister, focused on river shipping until he worked with Putin in St Petersburg in the 1990s.
The beach serves as a dry dock for private contractors who repair or dismantle rusted river ships.
That could ruin river shipping, said Mark Biel, president of Unlock Our Jobs, a coalition of industry groups that use the waterway.
During the second half of the 19th century, river shipping was of great importance, but, with growing competition from railways and demand for irrigation water (first used at Mildura in 1886), navigation practically ceased.
"The river ships tend to have a lower standard on wind-resistance and wave-resistance than ocean ships," Zhong Shoudao, president of the Chongqing boat design institute, said at a news conference with weather and transportation ministry officials.
Bottom ventilated cavitation has been proven as a very effective drag reduction technology for river ships and planning boats.
The Seafreight segment provides less-than-container load services, which consolidate cargo and is involved in customs clearance, trade compliance and river shipping.
The installation of ship locks is intended to increase river shipping from ten million to 100 million tonnes annually, as a result transportation costs will be cut between 30 and 37%.
In all, there are 14 ships scheduled to make their debut this year, ranging in capacity from 124 passengers (AmaWaterways' AmaLotus river cruise ship) to 4,000 (Disney Cruise Line's Dream).
