A massive container ship lost propulsion power in the waters around New York City and was brought to a rest near the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge on Friday night — less than two weeks after failure on another massive cargo vessel caused it to smash into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. TheContinue Reading
Heightened tensions in the Red Sea has led a major luxury cruise line to cancel all of its sailings into Australia. US-based cruise line Virgin Voyages has announced it will cancel all sailings by luxury, adults-only ship Resilient Lady to Australia starting later 2024 and early 2025. It comes asContinue Reading
Heightened tensions in the Red Sea has led a major luxury cruise line to cancel all of its sailings into Australia. US-based cruise line Virgin Voyages has announced it will cancel all sailings by luxury, adults-only ship Resilient Lady to Australia starting later 2024 and early 2025. It comes asContinue Reading
The Prime Minister has denied his government is dragging its feet on sending more military personnel to assist with escalating tensions in the Red Sea, after a US cargo ship in the region was struck by Yemen-based Houthi rebels. In December, Australia rejected a US Navy request for support inContinue Reading
When MH370 hunters stumbled across wreckage at the bottom of the sea, it sparked a glimmer of hope that the missing passenger jet had been found. But underwater experts had in fact found the remains of two 19th-century shipwrecks that had mysteriously vanished on a dangerous shipping route in theContinue Reading
TOKYO: Japan has said that it is “directly approaching” Houthi rebels, who recently hijacked an international cargo shop in the Red Sea, according to Al Jazeera.Tokyo announced on Monday that it is “communicating with Israel” in addition to other countries in an effort to get the Galaxy Leader released.The shipContinue Reading
A massive haul of drugs stashed in the hull of a cargo ship docked at the Port of Melbourne had a street value of $80 million but will be destroyed, police say. Pictures shared by the Australian Federal Police on Saturday show the staggering scale of packages of cocaine thatContinue Reading
BUCHAREST: The crew of a Togo-flagged general cargo ship bound for one of Ukraine’s Danube river ports were evacuated early on Wednesday after an explosion on board near the Romanian port of Sulina, Romanian officials said. The Seama ship reported an explosion early on Wednesday and requested the evacuation ofContinue Reading
Swiss explorer Sarah Marquis has been trekking across outback Australia for 30 years and what she reports back from the bush is heartbreaking. Marquis, 51, has just completed a gruelling three-month solo trek that traversed Western Australia’s Great Victoria Desert. The vast desolate expanse of Australia’s inland deserts appeals toContinue Reading
Sydneysiders were stunned when they looked to the horizon off the coast of famous Bondi Beach this morning and saw this. A massive waterspout had formed not far from a cargo ship in the waters off Sydney’s coast. It could be spotted from Bondi to Coogee while others reported sightingsContinue Reading