News Nicaragua revives interoceanic canal as Trump eyes Panama With Donald Trump threatening to “take back” the Panama Canal from China, Nicaragua has changed its constitution to let the regime of Daniel Ortega grant a concession to a company…
News Work starts on main stretch of €5.1bn French canal for super-barges Work has begun on the main section of a broad-gauge, 107km-long canal for super-barges in France that is intended to significantly improve freight flows between France, Belgium and the Netherlands,…
News ‘Site of the century’: Crews square up to Antwerp’s tunnel-under-a-canal A joint venture of contractors last week started the complex job of building a double-deck road tunnel under the Albert Canal in Antwerp, Belgium. It will consist of a pair…
News Cambodia to start $1.7bn canal despite Vietnamese, US concerns Cambodia will start work this year on a controversial plan to dig a 180km canal to link Phnom Penh to the sea, The Star newspaper reports. The Funan Techo canal,…
News Cambodia to build $1.7bn canal from Phnom Penh to the sea Cambodia has approved the construction of a canal from Phnom Penh to the Gulf of Thailand, reports newspaper The Star. The decision was made during a meeting of the Council…
News Sacyr wins €690m contract to maintain vital Colombia canal The National Infrastructure Agency of Colombia has awarded Spanish contractor Sacyr a 15-year contract to maintain a 116km canal. The 100m-wide Canal del Dique runs through the Department of Bolívar…