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Rising congestion on the Ambassador Bridge
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Gaylin’s Malaysia facility performing a break test on their 3000t test machine.
29 24 20 [FEATURES] 20 | FACING TRAFFIC
With nearly one-quarter of all trade traffi c crossing through one point on the Ambassador Bridge, both the Canadian and U.S. sides are focused on building a better bridge for the future, and avoiding the congestion and vulnerabilities that exist today.
24 | CONGO TRANSFORMATION
With a staggering construction cost exceeding US $80 Billion, the proposed Grand Inga Dam is still a decade away from ever possibly opening. But the massive cost is eclipsed by the tremendous impact the dam could serve to transform the entire region and African continent as a whole. In doing so, the project seeks to become the world’s largest energy-generating structure ever built.
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29 | What’s New Gaylin International Unveils 3000t Test Machine, Bishop Lifting Adds New Talurit Swa- ger Machine, Associated Wire Rope and Rigging Announces Quick Removable Check Weight Sets and much more.
31 | WRE Catalog View the latest product off erings and updated listings.
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Inga I dam, with the feeding canal for Inga II in the foreground.
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17 | WRE SPOTLIGHT 75 | WRE ADVISOR | BUSINESS 79 | CLASSIFIEDS 79 | ADVERTISER’S INDEX 80 | RIGGER’S CORNER
ON THE COVER: Pictured is the THREE GORGES DAM, a gigantic hydropower dam on the Yangtze river, in Yichang, central China’s Hubei province, after heavy downpours caused the highest fl ood peak of the year. The Grand Inga Dam, a proposed hydroelectric dam on the Congo River at Inga Falls in Africa, is expected to top the generating capacity of Three Gorges Dam, which is currently known as the largest energy-generating body ever built. STR/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom
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