The Dutch-flagged ship set sail from Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1, making stops at remote islands in the South Atlantic before heading north towards Cape Verde, and then Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, where the remaining passengers disembarked. Following this, the polar exploration cruise ship docked at the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Europe’s […]
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Ship carrying thousands of Porsches catches fire at sea
The 650-feet-long Felicity Ace vessel was carrying 4,000 vehicles to the US when it sent a distress signal 22 crew members were rescued from the large Felicity Ace cargo ship on Wednesday after it issued a distress signal when a fire broke out on board the vessel, which was carrying 4,000 vehicles, including Porsches and […]
Airline refuses to ship monkeys for US scientific research
Kenya Airlines will stop animal shipments after a car crash Kenya Airlines will stop shipping monkeys for a US research laboratory after the animals they were transporting got involved in a car crash in Pennsylvania. Allan Kilavuka, the airline CEO, confirmed on Tuesday in an email to the Associated Press that the company will not […]
Cruise ship flees to Bahamas in bid to avoid court seizure
Crystal Symphony bailed on its return to Miami, diverting to the Bahamas after a court ordered its seizure over unpaid debts Seven hundred passengers had an unexpected end to their 14-day Caribbean voyage over the weekend, when their cruise ship refused to return to the US following a court order in the wake of its […]
Ship carrying weapons for Yemeni rebels seized – US Navy
The US Navy said it has intercepted a “stateless” vessel carrying a major illegal shipment of weapons to civil war-torn Yemen. The ship came from Iran, the Navy claimed. The cache of around 1,400 AK-47 assault rifles and 266,000 rounds of ammunition was discovered after US Navy patrol coastal ships USS Tempest and USS Typhoon […]
Super-luxurious cruise ship blocked from 2 ports over Covid outbreak
A Covid outbreak has turned a super-luxury cruise into a true odyssey, with two Caribbean islands blocking the ship from entering its ports, after 55 people on board tested positive. Royal Caribbean’s newest Odyssey of the Seas cruise ship, which departed Florida on December 18 for an eight-night Caribbean trip, briefly returned to the port […]
Australia ‘alarmed’ by Chinese spy ship
Canberra has confirmed reports of a Chinese spy vessel spotted off the Australian coast, with officials decrying the “alarming” action despite noting that Beijing was within its rights to sail in international waters. Prime Minister Scott Morrison acknowledged that a Chinese surveillance ship spent some time near his country’s coast earlier this year, saying on […]
Container ship fire that sent toxic gas billowing into the air in British Columbia ‘stabilized’ – Canadian Coast Guard
A blaze that erupted on the Malta-flagged MV Zim Kingston ship on Saturday morning has been “stabilized,” the Canadian Coast Guard announced. Containers carrying hazardous material had caught fire, sending toxic gas into the air. The coast guard made the statement on its official Twitter account at 3pm local time, posting footage of water being sprayed onto […]
Fire erupts on board of cargo ship off Canada’s coast after hazmat containers catch fire, sending toxic fumes in the air
A giant container ship with some 52 kilograms (114 pounds) of hazardous materials on board has been burning off the coast of Canada’s British Columbia province. The fire reportedly started in the hazmat shipment. The fire broke out on the MV Zim Kingston, the Malta-flagged container ship, on Saturday morning, prompting a partial evacuation of […]