The project would require up to $1.4 billion in funding, as the canal's authority seeks ways to mitigate future potential ...

A Human History of the Mediterranean; By Davide Abulafia; Oxford University Press; 816 pp., $68.00 If you read the better class of these ocean books, you might soon find yourself convinced of the ...

The port opening in Chancay underscores China’s growing clout in a region that once looked primarily to the United States for ...

Y ellowstone’s Isa Lake is a fairly unremarkable pond except for one unique quality: it’s the only lake in the world known to ...

With a new approach to container ship bookings and a big dam project being considered, the Panama Canal says trade will ...

The Panama Canal Authority recently moved to a long-term booking system for shipping slots, which has made it easier to ...

Entrance exams have been used mostly to assess how successful prospective students are likely to be in the institutions of higher learning. These tests are used mainly by higher educational ...

61.2 x 92.4 cm. (24.1 x 36.4 in.) ...

While some airlines like Emirates have just begun to introduce premium economy, one of the earliest innovators in this sector is Virgin Atlantic, which has offered the cabin on their long-haul ...

A body has been found on the Ashton Canal in east Manchester. Police have cordoned off part of Clayton Lane, in Clayton, and the canal towpath. Emergency services were called out to the scene ...

The Erie Canal, a major achievement in transportation infrastructure that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and ignited American economic development, was completed on this day in ...

There are only about 370 North Atlantic right whales left. Of those, an alarmingly small number are mothers. Squilla is one of them. A few years ago, she gave birth to a female who one day might ...