Peel Ports revives Manchester Ship Canal Port of Warrington plans http://dlvr.it/TPsNZt #ActonGrange #InlandWaterways #Manchester #ManchesterShipCanal
India’s ports have nearly doubled in capacity over the last decade, while cargo handling volumes rose from 972 MMT to 1,594 MMT, official data show. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/money/india-maritime-sector-record-growth-investment-sl8tr7xt?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #IndiaMaritimeWeek #MaritimeIndia #PortsAndShipping #InlandWaterways
This is made possible by 5G mobile communications and is intended as a building block to alleviate the shortage of skilled workers in inland shipping. In the Netherlands, autonomously operated inland vessels have already become part of everyday working life. #InlandWaterways #Transportation
Inland waterway transport is an essential means of transporting goods for Germany and Europe. An inland waterway vessel that transports goods on the rivers replaces 150 trucks that would have to drive on the roads. #InlandWaterways #Transportation #autonomyDriving
That is why Germany is now also testing its second autonomous inland waterway vessel, which travels the rivers completely remotely. #InlandWaterways #Transportation #autonomyDriving
Death by dung: How Brussels failed to save Europe’s waters from a farm waste deluge

Nitrate pollution is destroying Europe’s aquatic ecosystems. Three decades after the EU started regulating it, there has been almost no improvement.

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European bridges secure against ship collisions, port authorities say

European bridges over maritime harbours are not likely to collapse should they be hit by seagoing vessels, acc

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A hint in a novel of "jazz boats" and a brainstorm later, and I find in my world the river towns have been reborn in a whole new image...

Hint: in Cairo, Illinois beignets and café au lait are de rigueur. 😉

Read more at my #blog: https://www.adamasnemesis.com/2024/03/25/riverboat-futurism-a-la-new-orleans/

This post's featured image is Ferdinand Richardt's "Steamwheeler on the Upper Mississippi".

#worldbuilding #scifi #sciencefiction #rivers #rivercruises #alternatehistory #riverboats #Louisiana #inlandwaterways #geography #demography #history

Riverboat Futurism, à la Nouvelle-Orléans?, Adamas Nemesis

In the course of doing some worldbuilding for my latest novel

Adamas Nemesis
@janggolan it shows you where my mind is at that I saw this post and my first thought was that we were talking about Boston in the UK
#Narrowboat #BostonUK #canals
#inlandwaterways
#editedforcoherence