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The U.S. government has sanctioned a third ship captain in connection with a Yemeni Houthi tanker. Whose vessel has been repeatedly attacked in the Red Sea since last fall by Yemeni Houthi rebels. Wounding and also killing several crew members. The decision to blacklist a privately licensed officer is new and marks an escalation in […]
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The crew on board the world’s largest cruise ship, the Icon of the Seas, were called on to tackle a fire this week as the gigantic vessel was berthed in a port in Mexico. The “small fire” was “quickly extinguished” after it broke out on Tuesday, the ship’s operator, Royal Caribbean spokesperson, confirmed to CNN Travel.
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The world’s longest submerged tunnel, running up to 40 meters under the Baltic Sea. Also will connect Denmark and Germany and significantly reduce travel times between the two countries when it opens in 2029. The first tunnel element of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel was opened by Danish King Frederik X on June 17. This comes four
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The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre warned that Bangladesh, an emerging Asian exporter, suffers from increasing piracy. The report noted that nine piracy incidents occurred in the first five months of this year, compared with one in the same period in 2023. The report advised vessels to exercise increased vigilance when anchoring or berthing in Bangladesh
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Eight crew members of the ship that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore are finally home after three months on the vessel.On Monday, the Dali left the city’s port with only four original 21 crew members on board the Baltimore bridge crash ship. Four tugboats assisted the 948-foot (289-meter) Dali on Monday morning
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Recent climate change headlines have been dominated by news of a study stating that cutting pollution from global shipping accelerates the heating of our planet and oceans. The study concludes that UN air pollution rules introduced in 2020 aimed to cut the sulphur content in shipping fuels. This caused an “inadvertent geoengineering termination shock” with
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Israel news is that the army approved an offensive against Lebanon after a spike in cross-border fire, as talk of “all-out war” stoked concerns over the Gaza conflict spiraling into the broader Middle East. Israel and Hezbollah, which controls much of Lebanon, have been trading fire since October in parallel with the Jewish nation’s war
HHI announced that it had launched the Philippine Navy’s 3,200-ton corvette BRP. Miguel Malvar on Tuesday, June 18, at its shipyard in Ulsan. Senior military officials from both the Philippines and also South Korea attended the ceremony. Also in attendance at the launching ceremony was the Philippine Secretary of National Defense (SND) Atty. Gilberto C.
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Tech firm Kongsberg Maritime has received approval in principle from the classification society DNV Green Lights. The approval to transfer a key role from a ship to a shore-based control center. The move will enable the chief engineer to be located in a remote operations center (ROC). Duties performed remotely can take place from a
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Philippines soldiers used their “bare hands” to fight off Chinese coast guard personnel. They are armed with swords, spears, and knives in the disputed South China Sea, the country’s top military commander has said. General Romeo Brawner accused Chinese vessels of ramming Philippine boats, then boarding them and seizing weapons. The general said that a
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