1.   The British replied that such a board must operate the canal, otherwise Egypt would be able to use the waterway as an instrument of national policy.

2.   This mainly involves monitoring speed limits and ensuring that all craft are licensed to use the waterway.

3.   Brazilian law enforcement authorities said Amazon waterways are used by the Colombian cartel to ship enormous amounts of cocaine through Brazil and on to Europe and North America.

4.   He also said that waterways should be used to the full and aviation should be encouraged.

5.   The Health Ministry banned people from catching and eating fish, shrimp and other marine life, and farmers were discouraged from allowing farm animals to use the waterway.

6.   The larger ships cannot use the waterway.