The British Police had the surprise of their lifetime when they discovered that a shipping container carrying people (including women and children) had come ashore at the Tilbury Docks in Essex. Out of the 35 people that were reportedly in the shipping container, one has died. Nineteen more people had to be hospitalized after they were diagnosed with severe dehydration and hypothermia. The … [Read more...]
The 100-Year-Old Panama Canal is Getting a Lot Bigger
The Panama Canal celebrates one hundred years today. It may have been used for a century by millions of ships, but its great steel gates of the Miraflores locks still swing open with great precision. They continue to offer safe passage for ships the size of the Titanic. The Panama Canal project, engineered in the days of Teddy Roosevelt, was so incredibly well done and balanced that its 672-ton … [Read more...]