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North Korean ghost ships that wash up in Japan are aging fishing vessels

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Revealed: North Korean ghost ships that wash up in Japan are aging fishing vessels pushed out of their own waters by Chinese ‘dark’ fishing fleet Global Fishing Watch used satellite technologies to analyse the marine traffic  Chinese ships fishing illegally near North Korea pushed boats to Japan’s waters In 2017 more than 100 boats landed … Read more

Two Royal Navy ships intercept missile-carrying Russian Soviet-era submarine through the Channel

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Two Royal Navy ships intercept missile-carrying Russian Soviet-era submarine in the English Channel – as Moscow is accused of meddling in UK Krasnodar submarine was spotted passing through the Dover Strait by Navy French sea service had tracked the vessel after picking it up  in Bay of Biscay Portsmouth’s HMS Tyne shadowed it first as … Read more

Massive blaze rips through Iranian port near nuclear power station as seven ships burn

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A massive blaze has broken out at an Iranian port, ripping through at least seven ships – the latest in a string of mysterious fires and explosions to hit the country.   Dramatic video purporting to show the blaze shows thick black smoke billowing from the scene at the port of Bushehr – as men desperately … Read more

Video shows huge ships in head-on crash on Canadian canal

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Huge ships slam into each other in eye-popping head-on crash caught on camera along a Canadian canal The collision was in the Welland Canal between the Alanis and the Florence Spirit Welland Canal connects two great lakes – Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in Canada The moment the two ships collided was captured on video by … Read more

Navy’s two aircraft carriers don’t have enough supply ships to stock them with food and ammunition

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Navy’s two aircraft carriers do not have enough supply ships to keep them stocked with food and ammunition, experts warn Just one vessel is able to supply the Navy’s biggest ever warships on operations  Labour’s Meg Hillier said the Navy could now end up with a ‘hollowed-out’ force   Officials are now seeking new ways to … Read more

Five cruise ships are detained in Essex and Bristol after crews go on hunger strike

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Five cruise ships have been detained in UK docks after crews went on hunger strike over unpaid wages while being trapped on board amid coronavirus.  The Maritime and Coastguard Agency boarded six ships on Friday amid reports of late pay and expired contracted on board ships docked in Bristol and Essex.   Athens-based Global Cruise Lines … Read more

Scuttled Carnival to sell off six ships after sinking to a £3.5bn loss

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Scuttled cruise operator Carnival to sell off six ships after sinking to a £3.5bn loss By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:58 BST, 18 June 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 18 June 2020 Carnival warned there is more pain to come after it dived to a record £3.5billion loss in the second quarter. … Read more

Protesters in Venice demonstrate against mass tourism and huge cruise ships

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Protesters gathered along Venice’s picturesque waterfront to demonstrate against mass tourism and huge cruise ships in Italy’s floating city. The demonstration – which saw members of the campaign group Comitato No Grandi Navi gather at the Zattere waterfront – came the same day as one of Venice’s main attractions reopened its doors to tourists after the … Read more

Cunard cruise ships won’t sail again before November

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Cunard cruise ships won’t sail again before November: Customers to get credit worth 125% of the cost of their original trip By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:56 BST, 9 June 2020 | Updated: 23:56 BST, 9 June 2020 Cunard has extended the suspension of its cruise sailings until November due to the … Read more