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NEWS ABOUT: cargo ships

cargo ships stories: 13 news summaries

 Maersk Alabama Repels 
 2nd Pirate Attack 

Attempted takeover repelled by guards

Nov 18, 09 6:30 AM CST
(AP) - Somali pirates today attacked the Maersk Alabama for the second time in seven months, but guards on board the US-flagged cargo ship repelled the takeover attempt. When pirates attacked with automatic weapons early this morning about 350 nautical miles east of the Somali coast, guards on board the craft fired... More »

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Somalia • ship • piracy • pirates • cargo ships • Maersk Alabama • Richard Phillips

Air Force Ship Becomes Artificial Reef Off Fla. Keys

WWII cargo ship also tracked missiles and spacecraft

May 27, 09 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Demolition experts sank an Air Force ship this morning to create an artificial reef in the Florida Keys, the AP reports. The 17,000-ton, WWII-era cargo ship took less than 2 minutes to sink after a series of explosions. The new "reef" is expected to bring in about... More »

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Air Force • World War II • demolition • US Air Force • cargo ships • Florida Keys • artificial reef • Jay-ZTV • Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg

(AP) - Somali pirates have hijacked a German cargo ship carrying a crew of 11 in the Gulf of Aden, the latest seizure by high-seas bandits who are holding hundreds of merchant mariners hostage, the AP reports.The MV Victoria was captured yesterday 75 miles south of Yemen. There is no information... More »

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Somalia • Germany • piracy • pirates • cargo ships • hijacking • Gulf of Aden

Somali Pirates Release Togo Ship, Score
$100K Ransom

Tanker was to deliver food aid to Somalia

Apr 20, 09 8:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Somali pirates have released a Togo-flagged cargo ship that was to deliver food aid to their own country, the BBC reports, but only after securing a ransom rumored to be $100,000. “Somali traders were involved in the release,” a pirate source told Reuters. They paid “not... More »

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Somalia • release • pirates • ransom • cargo ships • food aid • Togo

 US Military May Strike 
 Pirates on Land 

In Jefferson's time, US hit land bases

Apr 13, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - One way for the US to combat piracy in the Gulf of Aden is to cut it off at the source, targeting Somali pirate land bases. Coupled with economic and food aid for Somalia’s citizens, this plan is the only “silver-bullet solution,” an analyst tells Bloomberg. Such... More »

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Somalia • crime • US military • poverty • pirates • US Navy • cargo ships • Gulf of Aden

 Pirates Seize 21 Americans 
 on Cargo Ship off Somalia 

Sixth ship seizure in a week; first with all-American crew

Apr 8, 09 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a sustained 5-hour attack off the coast of northern Somalia overnight, pirates have hijacked a US-flagged cargo ship with 21 crew members aboard, the BBC reports. A Kenya-based diplomat identified the vessel as the 17,000-ton Maersk Alabama, reports the AP, and said all the crew members are American.... More »

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Somalia • pirates • cargo ships • hijacking

 S. Korean Ship 
 Missing After Collision 

Slammed into Panamanian vessel; 16 sailors disappear

Mar 10, 09 6:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A South Korean freighter remains missing after it collided with a Panamanian cargo ship off Japan early this morning, AFP reports. Japanese rescuers are searching for the vessel, which was carrying 16 sailors. “We believe the ship probably sank,” said a coast guard official. “We found an... More »

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South Korea • Japan • Panama • cargo ships • boat collision

OPINION

 Hit Pirates With 
 Somalia Blockade 

Policing them where they hold their prey is more effective than ocean patrols

Dec 4, 08 12:18 PM CST
(Newser) - The Somali pirates terrorizing shipping lanes are clever, Peter Fromuth writes in the Washington Post, but their biggest advantages are those pirates have enjoyed throughout history: “big seas, many prey, and few protectors.” There are too many targets for warships to mount effective patrols on open waters. Instead,... More »

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Somalia • Africa • United Nations • ocean • piracy • Mogadishu • port • pirates • cargo ships • naval blockade

 Pirates Discuss Ransom 
 for Arms Shipment 

But demands diminish as international noose appears to tighten

Oct 1, 08 3:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Somali pirates who hijacked a Ukranian ship carrying a weapons shipment are in ransom negotiations with the vessel’s owners, the BBC reports. No governments are involved in the talks, sources said. The pirates seem to be flexible: They initially asked for a $35 million ransom, then $20 million,... More »

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Somalia • Africa • Ukraine • pirates • weapons • cargo ships

 Oil Spill Snarls Mississippi 

Workers racing river to clean up gigantic  slick near New Orleans

Jul 25, 08 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - An oil spill stretching nearly 100 miles along the Mississippi is causing river traffic to pile up, AP reports. Dozens of vessels are stuck in New Orleans waiting to head upriver. Others are waiting to carry cargos of grain downriver from the heartland. Officials say it will be days before... More »

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pollution • New Orleans • oil spill • Mississippi River • shipping • cargo ships

Ignore Pirates or Face
Asylum Claims, UK Says

Navy argues blind eye not best policy

Apr 13, 08 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an odd new take on piracy, the British Royal Navy has been told by the Foreign Office not to detain pirates—or they may seek asylum to escape death sentences in their home countries. It's not a strategy roundly hailed. “These people commit horrendous offenses. It’s a... More »

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Somalia • crime • kidnapping • asylum • Britain • cruise ships • pirates • ransom • cargo ships

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 Cargo Ship Docks With ISS

Unmanned European vessel hooks up to International Space Station

Apr 3, 08 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - European cargo vessel Jules Verne docked flawlessly today at the International Space Station, Space.com reports. The double-decker-sized space hauler has about 8 tons of supplies on board for astronauts at the station, including food and water, rocket propellant—even handwritten documents from the real Jules Verne, a 19th-century science... More »

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NASA • European Space Agency • International Space Station • space flight • spacecraft • cargo ships • Jules Verne • space program • space mission

Go Sail a Kite, Across the Ocean

Cargo ship hopes to cut fuel costs, emissions with old-fashioned power

Jan 22, 08 6:23 PM CST
(Newser) - A ship partially pulled by a huge kite is starting its journey across the Atlantic today. The cargo ship—sailing from Germany to Venezuela—will test a new strategy of cutting CO2 emissions from ships by equipping them with computer-controlled kites. At more than 1,700 square feet, the kite... More »

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shipping • kites • cargo ships • carbon emissions

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