Massive Container Ship Gets Stuck in Suez Canal
Traffic through the vital Suez Canal was blocked Wednesday when the MV Ever Given, one of the largest container ships in operation, turned sideways and ran aground.
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Report: U.S.-Sanctioned Iran Shipping Line Using Hong Kong Shell Companies for Profit
Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) continues to circumvent U.S. sanctions by operating via a network of shell companies registered in Hong Kong, an investigation by Radio Free Asia (RFA) revealed on Wednesday.
Former Port Chief Says No Deal Border ‘Chaos’ Widely Exaggerated
A former customs officer at the English port of Dover has said that Remainer predictions of huge delays in cross-Channel shipping in a no deal Brexit have been massively exaggerated.
Pirates Kidnap European and Asian Sailors Off Cameroon
(AFP) — Asian and European seamen were kidnapped Thursday aboard a vessel in the Gulf of Guinea off the southern Cameroon port of Douala, a senior Cameroonian navy source said.
Report: Iran Seizes Another Foreign Tanker in Gulf
Iran seized another foreign-flagged oil tanker on Sunday morning for allegedly “smuggling fuel” to unspecified Arab states, local state media reports.
Vatican Cardinal Slams Shipping Industry for Climate Change, CO2 Is ‘Pollutant’
Vatican Cardinal Peter Turkson criticized the shipping industry Sunday, claiming that “vessels produce carbon dioxide emissions that significantly contribute to global climate change and acidification.”
Summer Sea Ice Is Causing Havoc for Shipping in the Arctic
Summer sea ice is causing havoc for shipping in the Arctic. This is the same Arctic sea ice that climate change experts predicted would have vanished by 2013.
