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Migrant boat carrying 200 sinks near Sicily
Italian media said on Monday that a small boat transporting 200 migrants sank near southern Sicily. Italian naval authorities were quoted as having said that rescue ships from the Mare Nostrum task force were deployed to the island of Lampedusa, a strategic entry point often used by people smugglers to gain access to Italy and Europe.
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Trolling captain
Birds vs ship
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What Happens to Shipping Containers Lost at Sea?
Soon after it left the Port of Oakland, California, in February 2004, the shipping vessel Med Taipei hit a strong winter storm with violent 30-foot-high (9 meters) swells. Amid rolling waves, 15 shipping containers came loose and toppled overboard, sinking to the icy seafloor inside the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
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Rolls-Royce Drone Ships Challenge $375 Billion Industry: Freight
In an age of aerial drones and driver-less cars, Rolls-Royce (RR/) Holdings Plc is designing unmanned cargo ships. Rolls-Royce’s Blue Ocean development team has set up a virtual-reality prototype at its office in Alesund, Norway, that simulates 360-degree views from a vessel’s bridge.
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I Survived a Deadly Shipwreck: Costa Concordia Passengers Tell Their Stories
Screaming and crying, a hapless crew, and a dive into the water—as the prosecution wraps up its case against the Costa Concordia’s captain, The Daily Beast talks exclusively to two passengers who wish they could tell the court what really happened.
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US coastguard releases Chinese boat accused of illegal fishing in North Pacific
A 58-metre-long Chinese fishing boat seized by the US coastguard for allegedly catching half a tonne of salmon illegally in the North Pacific was turned over to Chinese authorities yesterday. The Yin Yuan is suspected of using an illegal high-seas drift net, which can be spread for several kilometres. The practice is universally condemned for killing huge amounts of fish, birds and marine mammals, US officials said.
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'Cruise Ship Virus' Sickens 20 Million Americans on Land Each Year
Norovirus makes headlines when it turns cruise liners into floating islands of disease, as when it sent a Royal Caribbean (RCL) liner home early in January. But cruise ship outbreaks account for just 1 percent of reported norovirus cases, according to data published today by the Centers for Disease Control: About one in every 15 Americans, on land or at sea, get sick with the virus each year.
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What happens to migrants found at sea?
The BBC's Matthew Price has been behind-the scenes on the Bergamini, part of the Italian navy's Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) operation, which patrols the seas in the search for migrant boats. The frigate is under orders to save lives - whether boats are in trouble or not, they will try to intercept them and pick up the passengers.
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Increased protection for war wrecks
Tens of thousands of sailors and merchant navy personnel lost their lives in World War One but now the huge number of ships sunk in the conflict are to be offered increased protection under a UN agreement.
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America's Floating Prisons
The U.S. Navy has taken on a curious new counterterrorism role.
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Tsar's 'Shark' submarine discovered beneath the Baltic Sea
A submarine nicknamed The Shark, which disappeared during the First World War, has been found by divers
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Costa Concordia: New video of the inside of sunken cruise ship
Days before salvage workers attempt the historic task of refloating the marooned Costa Concordia, newly released video has revealed the ghostly world -- frozen in time -- deep inside the luxury cruise ship. Police divers entering the 950 foot vessel, which smashed into rocks on the Italian island of Giglio in 2012, have captured startling footage of shredded metal work and eerie staircases, shops and corridors, as well as drifting possessions and furniture.
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Explore a Shipwreck, Right Now, From Your Desk
The Nautilus Project turns deep-sea treasure-hunting into live entertainment for the desk-bound.
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North Korean Ship Tests the Waters Near America's Shores
It’s not often that North Korean-flagged freighters turn up near America’s shores, but when they do, they deserve attention. North Korea has a prolific record of arms smuggling, narcotics dealing, counterfeiting, terrorist ties and missile and nuclear proliferation. So, let’s hope U.S. authorities are keeping a close eye on a North Korean cargo ship called the Mu Du Bong, which late last month called at Cuba, then vanished from the commercial shipping grid for more than a week.
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The Cornish beaches where Lego keeps washing up
A container filled with millions of Lego pieces fell into the sea off Cornwall in 1997. But instead of remaining at the bottom of the ocean, they are still washing up on Cornish beaches today - offering an insight into the mysterious world of oceans and tides.
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Costa Concordia on final voyage to scrapyard
Italy's Costa Concordia cruise liner has begun its last voyage, as tug boats towed it from its wreck site off the Italian island of Giglio where it capsized two years ago, killing 32 people. The rusting liner, which has been floated in the biggest-ever salvage operation of a passenger ship, was being towed on Wednesday to the port of Genoa in northwest Italy, where it will be dismantled and scrapped.
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Costa Concordia Refloating and Voyage
Watch step by step photos of the refloating of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner.
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U.S. to seize $100 million of Iraqi Kurdish oil in tanker off Texas
U.S. authorities were set on Tuesday to seize a cargo of crude worth more than $100 million from Iraqi Kurdistan anchored off the Texas coast after a judge approved a request from Baghdad, raising the stakes in an oil sales dispute between Iraq's central government and the autonomous region.
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Origins of mysterious World Trade Center ship revealed
In July 2010, amid the gargantuan rebuilding effort at the site of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, construction workers halted the backhoes when they uncovered something unexpected just south of where the Twin Towers once stood.
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Google confirms selling a mystery barge
Google confirmed Friday that it's scrapping at least one of the mysterious floating tech showrooms, but it wouldn't comment on the fate of a second barge, now sitting idle at the Port of Stockton.
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