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Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. The grounded container ship MSC Baltic III on Newfoundland’s west coast has been damaged by high winds and storm surge in the province over the last few …
Read More »U.S. says it has destroyed another alleged drug ship in Pacific, killing all on board
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that the country’s military carried out another strike on a boat he said was carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing all four people aboard. The strike came a day after Hegseth said the U.S. carried out three strikes in the same …
Read More »Child fell off Disney cruise ship after mom told her to pose for photo on railing, police say
A five-year-old girl who fell off a Disney Dream cruise ship in June had been posing for a photo on a porthole railing at the request of her mother, according to Florida authorities in reports obtained by CBC News. A report from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office called the accident …
Read More »Inside the race to remove the heavy oil from a container ship that ran aground in N.L.
When the MSC Baltic III ran aground on the shores of Cedar Cove on Newfoundland’s west coast in February, the first concern was getting the 20 crew members off safely. The ship is massive, at 207 metres long and 30 metres wide, and the coast guard in the area immediately …
Read More »More survivors rescued from water 48 hours after brazen Houthi strike sinks Red Sea ship
Rescuers pulled three more crew members and a security guard alive from the Red Sea on Thursday, maritime security sources said, a day after Houthi militants sank the Greek ship Eternity C and said they were holding some of its missing crew. It was the second Greek bulk carrier sunk this week by the …
Read More »22 crew members rescued from lifeboat in North Pacific after cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles catches fire
The crew of a cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, including 800 electric vehicles, abandoned ship after they could not control a fire aboard the vessel in waters off Alaska’s Aleutian island chain. A large plume of smoke was initially seen at the ship’s stern coming from the deck …
Read More »A cargo ship ran aground and nearly crashed into a Norway doorway
The cargo ship didn’t make it to Johan Helberg’s doorway, but it came close enough. “Five metres further south, and it would have entered the bedroom,” the Norwegian man told BBC News, describing the proximity of the 135-metre-long NCL Salten that ran aground outside his home in Byneset, Norway, along the Trondheim …
Read More »Century old wooden ship buried at N.S. beach uncovered by heavy rains
It’s not unusual to find bits and pieces of old boats washed up on shore all along the East Coast. But at one Nova Scotia beach an hour from Halifax, there are three wooden sailing ships — each more than a century old and measuring more than 20 feet high …
Read More »‘That ship has sailed across Lake Ontario’: Ford won’t budge on ready-to-drink beverages
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is not backing down on his plan to expand alcohol sales in the province, including making ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages available in more retail spaces, despite the ongoing LCBO strike. “Let me be very clear. It’s done. It’s gone. That ship has sailed across Lake Ontario,” Ford …
Read More »Arctic cruise ship docks in Churchill for first time in over a decade – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A cruise ship originating from Greenland has made a stop in Churchill — something the northern Manitoba town’s mayor says hasn’t happened in well over a decade. Michael Spence told 680 CJOB’s The Start that the arrival of the Silver Endeavour, a …
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