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Mexico training ship that hit Brooklyn Bridge returns home
AFP, Published on 24/11/2025
» MEXICO CITY - The Mexican naval training ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge in May, leaving two crew members dead, returned home on Sunday to official fanfare in the port of Veracruz.
Tall ships sail into Amsterdam for giant maritime festival
AFP, Published on 21/08/2025
» AMSTERDAM - Tall ships from around the world paraded up the North Sea Canal into Amsterdam on Wednesday, with crews from Peru, Uruguay, Germany and France waving from their decks as crowds cheered along the banks.
US warship arrives in Australia ahead of exercises
Reuters, Published on 14/06/2025
» SYDNEY - A key US warship arrived in Australia on Saturday ahead of joint war games and the first summit between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President Donald Trump, which is expected to be dominated by military issues.
Belgium's green light for red light workers
AFP, Published on 30/04/2025
» ANTWERP — A police station in the historic sailors' quarter of the Belgian port of Antwerp is surrounded by sex workers' neon-lit red-light windows.
Finnish police probing 7 sailors over cut cables
AFP, Published on 01/01/2025
» HELSINKI - Finnish police said Tuesday that seven sailors from the Eagle S tanker suspected of last week cutting an undersea power cable between Finland and Estonia are targets of a sabotage investigation and have been banned from leaving the country.
BBC celebrates 100 years of 'poetic' shipping forecast
AFP, Published on 01/01/2025
» LONDON - The BBC on Wednesday celebrates 100 years of a weather forecast for sailors in British waters that has inspired musicians and poets and become an immovable fixture on UK radio.
China charges Myanmar Golden Triangle syndicate suspects with murder and telecoms fraud
South China Morning Post, Published on 31/12/2024
» Chinese authorities have charged 16 Myanmar citizens with crimes including murder and telecoms fraud as part of a crackdown on cross-border cybercrime.
Russian state owner says cargo ship blast was 'terrorist attack'
AFP, Published on 26/12/2024
» MOSCOW - A "terrorist act" sank the cargo ship that went down in international waters in the Mediterranean this week, the Russian state-owned company that owns the vessel said Wednesday.
Taiwan raises alert as China deploys 90 ships in likely drills
Reuters, Published on 09/12/2024
» TAIPEI - Taiwan raised its alert level on Monday saying China has set up seven zones of reserved airspace and deployed naval fleets and coast guard boats in what a security source described as the first military drills across a broad swathe of the region's waters.
Taiwan braces for Super Typhoon Kong-rey
Reuters, Published on 30/10/2024
» TAIPEI - Taiwan expects Super Typhoon Kong-rey to make landfall on Thursday along its sparsely populated east coast, issuing a warning for heavy rain and strong winds on Wednesday before the biggest storm in size to hit the island in nearly three decades.