Four ships loaded with food products have departed from Ukrainian Black Sea ports and are heading to Istanbul for inspection, the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday. Ukraine’s infrastructure minister, Aleksandr Kubrakov, also confirmed this. According to the ministry’s tweets, the vessel Riva Wind is carrying 44,000 tons of …
Read More »Grounded Russian cargo ships dent French budget
The French authorities are spending thousands of euros on the maintenance of Russian cargo ships, which are detained in the country’s ports due to Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia, France 2 TV reports. According to the media, while ship owners are seeking the greenlight to customs passage in courts, the port …
Read More »Cargo plane breaks in two during emergency landing (VIDEO)
A Boeing 757-200 cargo plane operated by delivery giant DHL skidded off the runway during an emergency landing at Juan Santamaria International Airport in Costa Rica’s capital, San Jose on Thursday and broke in two. The incident was caught on video. The aircraft lost its tail and went up in …
Read More »Cargo plane, with eight on board, crashes in Siberia — reports
“At 2.50pm Moscow time, the An-12 aircraft, flying between Yakutsk and Irkutsk, disappeared from the radar,” a source told RIA Novosti. According to TASS, officials believe that the plane belongs to Belarusian airline ‘Grodno’ and was operating a cargo flight. “According to preliminary reports, the crash site has been found …
Read More »Fire erupts on board of cargo ship off Canada’s coast after hazmat containers catch fire, sending toxic fumes in the air
The fire broke out on the MV Zim Kingston, the Malta-flagged container ship, on Saturday morning, prompting a partial evacuation of the vessel. As of Saturday evening, the fire spread to at least six containers, CHECK news reported, citing the Canadian Coast Guard. Two of the containers damaged by the …
Read More »Russia to build new cargo port in Vladivostok to boost development of Far East
The deal was struck on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok. “VEB.RF, the Government of the Primorsky region, the Ministry of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation and the Port Infrastructure Development …
Read More »Israeli cargo ship gets attacked by an ‘unknown weapon,’ catches fire in the Indian Ocean – reports
Lebanese media outlet Al-Mayadeen reported the attack on Saturday, citing “reliable sources,” and posted a picture of the damaged vessel with black smoke billowing from a fire on one side of the ship. Unnamed Israeli officials have also confirmed the incident to the Jerusalem Post. The newspaper claimed that “Hezbollah-linked” …
Read More »Boeing cargo plane lands on water off Hawaii after engine trouble
The emergency occurred aboard Transair Flight 810 early on Friday morning local time, the Federal Aviation Administration reported, as cited by CNBC, which was the first to break the news. “The pilots had reported engine trouble and were attempting to return to Honolulu when they were forced to land the …
Read More »Cargo rocket launched into orbit by China will drop off stir-fried dishes for future space station staff
The Tianzhou-2 spacecraft – which will restock the core module with propellant and other supplies – was successfully launched with the Long March-7 Y3 rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on Saturday. Other supplies launched on the rocket included scientific equipment and traditional Chinese food dishes, which are being …
Read More »Cargo ship BREAKS DOWN in Suez Canal – but it’s not as bad as last time
The Maersk Emerald – a Singapore-flagged ship – was forced to drop its anchor after experiencing engine issues on its way to Salalah, Oman, sources told the media on Friday. The ship was towed away just a few hours later, according to reports. Though the incident caused no major impact …
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