Opened in 1914, Houston Ship Channel, one of the busiest waterways in the United States connects Houston, Texas, with the Gulf of Mexico, passing through the former Buffalo Bayou and Galveston Bay. Currently, the 50-mile-long channel is 40 feet deep with a minimum...

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The Russian Belomorsko-baltiysky Kanal or the White Sea Canal, an important waterway, was constructed between 1930 and 1933 largely by penal labour. The canal starts in the north from the White Sea, passes through various smaller water bodies like rivers and lakes,...

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Kiel Canal, between the North and the Baltic Sea situated in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein is 98 km long freshwater canal and is the world’s busiest artificial waterway, more than 40,000 merchant vessels and nearly 20,000 pleasure craft pass through it each...

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The next canal on our list is the Panama Canal, one of the most remarkable artificial waterways in the world. The strategic location of this canal in the western region offers connectivity between the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean with the narrow Isthmus of Panama....

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“Ever Given, a large container ship got stuck in the crucial Suez Canal on March 23, leading to a massive traffic jam.” This news has been making rounds on the internet for weeks now, thereby popularising the canal. You must already know that this...

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Before the industrial revolution, transporting goods using horse carts was not only time-consuming but also difficult. The dawn of industrialization brought about inventions such as the coal-powered steam engine, and the pace of work increased. Trade slowly boomed and...

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