The whole story, the canal, Rodman, defies partisanship. Democratic President Lyndon Johnson promoted the completion of the Cross Florida Barge Canal in 1968, and Republican President Richard ...

Labour shortages and low water levels on the Rhine River are the main culprits, hindering barge traffic to and from inland locations. Compounding the constraints is US President Donald Trump’s ...

The Danube‑Black Sea Canal is arguably Europe’s best‑kept logistics secret. A 64.4-kilometre shove through the flat plains of Romania, it links Cernavodă on the Danube with Constanţa’s harbour on the ...

However, the South Korean government is developing countermeasures amid growing concern that Beijing may be pursuing a broader push to expand its maritime footprint in the Yellow Sea—a strategy ...

But a jack-up barge has six, protruding high into the air when the ship is in transit. Extending to a length of 48m from the bottom of the ship, and penetrating up to 5m into the sea bed, the "legs" ...

With retractable legs that can push into the sea floor, they could create a platform for personnel and “hundreds of vehicles” to land on Taiwan in one hour, the Naval War College said. “These barges ...

Vast new Chinese barges spotted off the country's south coast could be used to land heavy equipment and thousands of personnel in a possible invasion of Taiwan, defence experts say.

With retractable legs that can push into the sea floor, the Naval War College said they could create a platform for personnel and “hundreds of vehicles” an hour to land on Taiwan, which China ...

And the barges are still no panacea for the logistical woes that will plague any future invasion. The barges "appear vulnerable to attacks from land, air, and sea", the US Naval War College said.