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Search underway after Indonesian passenger ship carrying more than 240 people loses contact

Indonesian rescuers launched a search operation Sunday local time after authorities lost contact with a passenger ship carrying more than 240 people in the Java Sea while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan province, officials said. The Search and Rescue Office in the city of Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan, which is located on Borneo […]

Fire on cargo ship docked in Chinese port kills 20 and some people are missing, state media say

Beijing — At least 20 people were killed and five were missing after a cargo ship caught fire while docked in a Chinese port, Chinese state media reported Thursday. The ship was docked for repairs by the Beihai Shipbuilding Co. at the port of Qingdao, a major shipping hub on the northeastern Chinese coast. A […]

U.S. military takes out ship used as refueling station for alleged drug-trafficking boats

The U.S. military, in conjunction with Ecuadorian officials, boarded and later sank a vessel on Friday allegedly used as a refueling station for drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, according to U.S. Southern Command. The vessel, which was in international waters near Ecuador, was allegedly used as a floating ship-to-ship refueling station for drug […]

Chinese ship caught with banned shark fins in Pacific Ocean in operation involving U.S. Coast Guard

Kiribati, a tiny Pacific neighbor to Hawaii that has grown ties with Beijing, detained a Chinese vessel this month for illegally harvesting shark fins, its maritime police told AFP. The practice of cutting fins off live sharks and throwing the carcasses back into the sea is banned in much of the Pacific Ocean, but persists […]

Gun-running ship sunk by Israeli military in 1948 located intact 1,650 feet underwater

Israel announced on Monday it had recovered the wreckage of the Altalena, an arms-smuggling boat whose sinking by the Israeli military just after the state’s founding in 1948 exposed divisions that persist today. The Altalena had set sail from France loaded with weapons packed for the Irgun, the militant Zionist force that conducted attacks against […]

Famed century-old ship dubbed “Sava’s Titanic” emerges in Serbia as Europe’s rivers run dry

The wreck of a steam tugboat dating from the early 1900s is the latest relic to emerge from shrinking waters in Serbia as Europe’s rivers run dry, with the continent engulfed in prolonged, extreme heat and drought. The rusting hull — once a famed vessel known as the Slovenian — surfaced earlier this month from […]

6/7/2026: Under Siege; Turning the Ship Around; The Dog Aging Project

First, a look at threats against U.S. judges under Trump. Then, collapse of U.S. shipbuilding poses national and economic security risks. And, a dog study may help pets and humans age well. 6/7/2026: Under Siege; Turning the Ship Around; The Dog Aging Project #Siege #Turning #Ship #Dog #Aging #Project

Trump threatens to bomb a bridge or power plant for every ship attacked in Strait of Hormuz

Oil prices jumped around 4% Wednesday, with international benchmark Brent Crude trading briefly over $95 a barrel – a $20 rise since the U.S. and Iran resumed fighting on July 7. Shippers remain reluctant to transit the Strait of Hormuz, despite U.S. Central Command insisting again Tuesday night that it “remains open.” Iran has continued […]

U.S. hits dozens of Iranian targets in retaliatory strikes after ship attacks in Strait of Hormuz

  3:35 AM / July 8, 2026 Iran media report explosions in key port city of Bushehr Iranian media reported Wednesday a series of blasts in the port city of Bushehr. “Explosions have been heard in Bushehr and the surrounding area,” the Mehr news agency said, without providing details. A provincial official told Iran’s FARS […]