Sentence examples for shipping locks from inspiring English sources

A federal district judge, Robert Dow, on Thursday ruled against five states hoping to stop Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes by closing Chicago-area shipping locks.

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.

Five states are asking a federal judge in Chicago to take emergency action to close two shipping locks and install barriers to prevent Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes via a "carp highway".

The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago have allowed the fish to enter the lakes via shipping locks and gates.

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.

After 1934 the Chinese government carried out extensive works on the canal between Huaiyin and the Yangtze; ship locks were constructed to allow medium-sized steamers to use this section, which was dredged and largely rebuilt.

The total capacity of the ship locks is expected to reach 100 million tonnes per year.

There are two series of ship locks installed near the dam.

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%.

It operates on the same intermittent principle as a ship lock but is constructed as a closed conduit.

The Sea Witch struck the tanker at night in the Narrows and the two ships locked together, creating a drifting inferno that eventually grounded in Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn.