shipping channel

collocation in English

meaningsofshippingandchannel

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shipping
noun[U]
uk
/ˈʃɪp.ɪŋ/us
/ˈʃɪp.ɪŋ/
ships considered as ...
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channel
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʃæn.əl/us
/ˈtʃæn.əl/
a television or radio station (= an organization that broadcasts television or ...
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(Definition ofshippingandchannelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Many of the oysters are at depths that make them uneconomic to collect or are too near the mainshippingchannelto be harvested safely.
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Was this submarine carrying lights in this busyshippingchannel, and why was not the accident reported so that the search could have been called off much sooner?
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The south side of the island is only about one hundred feet from theshippingchannel, and cargo ships frequently pass the island.
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The bridge is 7975 ft long and rises up nearly 120 ft above the water to accommodate the seawayshippingchannel.
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It was built on a shoal, close to the mainshippingchannelof the bay, with 14,000 tonnes of bluestone boulders, concrete and sand.
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This later stream is what was eventually widened to make the presentshippingchannel.
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In addition, across theshippingchannel, there are two spans which retract to permit the passage of ocean-going vessels.
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It was expected that the last 38 wrecks in theshippingchannelwould be removed during 2003.
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The development dream was to join the peninsulas, leaving a narrowshippingchanneledged by commerce.
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The original bridge was mostly a two-lane causeway with a 300ft m vertical lift span over the mainshippingchannel.
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In 1919, theshippingchannelwas widened and the lighthouse was moved inland.
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Theshippingchannelbeneath the highrise is wide with a vertical clearance of.
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In the end, however, it was made obsolete by the construction of new lights closer to theshippingchannel.
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Ashippingchannelwas dredged into the harbor, and two timber crib piers long were built to each side of the channel.
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To ensure theshippingchannelremains open, several areas of the bay have been allocated for dredged material dumping sites.
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The current bridge eliminated the need for the mid-river pier, allowing more room in theshippingchannel.
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The bay is deeper on its western side with ashippingchannelof minimum 32 feet in depth and 300 feet in width.
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The short route that the ferry travels crosses theshippingchannel.
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Ashippingchannelhas been dredged along its southern shore to allow larger ships to pass.
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Future sand extraction is expected to aid a majorshippingchannelstraightening project.
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