3 h. ago Investigators working to uncover cause of container ship fire that closed LA port and sparked chemical alert

The cargo ship was moved away from the port as firefighters continued to douse the ship with water

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15 h. ago Huge inferno rips through cargo ship carrying hazardous material & sparks explosion at San Pedro port as crew evacuated

A MASSIVE fire has torn through a cargo ship docked at San Pedro port as crew members were hastily rushed to safety. The Panamanian vessel, One Henry Hudson, was carrying hazardous material when a blaze broke out below deck and sparked an explosion. Almost 200 responders were scrambled to the ship after reports of the...

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3 d. ago Onboard the world’s largest sailing cargo ship: is this the future of travel and transport?

The Neoliner Origin set off on its inaugural two-week voyage from France to the US with the aim of revolutionising the notoriously dirty shipping industryIt is 8pm on a Saturday evening and eight of us are sitting at a table onboard a ship, holding on to our plates of spaghetti carbonara as our chairs slide back and forth. Michel Péry, the dinner’s host, downplays the weather as a “tempête de journalistes” – something sailors would not categorise as a storm, but which drama-seeking journalists might refer to as such to entertain their readers.But after a white-knuckle night in our cabins with winds reaching 74mph or force 12 – officially a hurricane – Péry has to admit it was not just a “journalists’ storm”, but the real deal. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago NTSB set to vote on probable cause of cargo ship crash into Baltimore bridge, causing its collapse

The National Transportation Safety Board is set to vote on its findings into what caused a massive container ship to crash last year into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed and killed six construction workers

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2 w. ago Brit scientist among three killed in explosion on cargo ship

Darren Holling, 49, a scientist from Durham, died when a horror explosion ignited a deadly blaze on a ship

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4 w. ago Chaos as ‘lifeline’ bridge in tiny Scots village shut for two years

AN MSP has told of the “chaos” caused by a tiny village’s lifeline bridge being shut for two years. Locals in Aboyne have faced a 40-minute detour since the River Dee crossing was closed to traffic in November 2023. Tory Alexander Burnett revealed firefighters are among those affected — with Aberdeenshire Council saying the earliest...

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