A man was arrested by police after allegedly trying to scale a cruise ship docked in Sydney Harbour on the weekend. Footage shows the man climbing up the mooring line of Carnival Adventure cruise in Circular Quay. The 29-year-old was charged with three offences relating to unauthorised entry, according to New South Wales police. Read...
Man, these guys passed ‘goofy’ and ‘outrageous’ a long time ago, and went straight into demented, desperate lunatic ravings. I guess when you’re a colorless, inner-fireless, charisma-free party apparatchik like Chuck Schumer, having to fight for your very existence for the first time in your political life against an on-coming swarm of out-of-control, flamboyant, drop-mic-moment...
Authorities in New York are investigating the site where a Mexican sailing ship struck the Brooklyn Bridge for clues about how the fatal collision occurred. Two people on board were killed and at least 19 others were injured when the Mexican Navy training ship crashed into the bridge on Saturday night. Police said early investigations...
A huge Mexican Navy training ship has been damaged after crashing into New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge during a festive visit to the US. Footage has emerged showing towering masts of the Cuauhtémoc clipping the bridge as the sailing vessel was passing under the famous structure on Saturday evening. Parts of the masts reportedly fell...
A second man has been arrested after a 60-year-old man died following an altercation on a cruise ship. James Messham, from West Sussex, was reported dead about two-and-a-half hours after MSC Virtuosa departed Southampton on 3 May. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said a 56-year-old man from Richmond, London, had been arrested on suspicion...
Minutes from the high-end boutiques of SoHo in Manhattan sits Bergen Logistics’ fulfillment facility in North Bergen, New Jersey, where workers sort, package, and ship hundreds of packages a day for luxury fashion brands including Acne Studios, Kenzo, and Phillip Lim. The workers themselves can’t realistically afford the ornate gowns and crisp suits they ship...
A man arrested as part of a murder investigation on a cruise ship has been released on bail. A 60-year-old man from West Sussex died following an altercation about 90 minutes after MSC Virtuosa departed Southampton on Saturday evening. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary arrested a 57-year-old man from Exeter, Devon, on suspicion of...
Police are continuing to question a man held on suspicion of murder after a man died aboard a cruise ship. The man, in his 60s, died on Saturday night following an altercation at about 20:30 BST on the MSC Virtuosa. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said a 57-year-old man, from Exeter, Devon, remained in...
A 57-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a 60-year-old man on a cruise ship in British waters. The death reportedly followed an altercation on MSC Virtuosa at 20:30 BST on Saturday, police said. The ship had left Southampton at 18:00 that evening on a two-night excursion to Bruges,...
A Peruvian navy vessel has collided with an oil platform in the Amazon River, killing at least two people and leaving one missing. The collision happened in the early hours of Friday morning at the junction of the Napo and Amazon rivers, causing “severe damage”, Peru’s defence ministry said. Thirty crew members were rescued from...
A ship carrying humanitarian aid bound for Gaza was bombed just off the coast of Malta on Friday, with activists saying that Israel bears responsibility for the attack on the vessel aiming to break Israel’s two month-long total aid blockade on the Gaza Strip. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, an activist group formed in 2010 aiming...
Activists who were planning to sail an aid ship to Gaza say it was attacked by drones in international waters off the Maltese coast in the early hours of Friday. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition said its ship The Conscience was targeted at 00:23 local time (22:23 GMT) and issued an SOS distress signal right after...
An investigation is under way after a large cargo ship ran aground in a Devon harbour. Teignmouth harbour master Rob Parsons said he received a call just before 06:00 BST informing him the vessel had become stuck. He said the priority was to get the ship alongside the quay so its cargo could be taken...
The history of Exeter’s Ship Canal was explored recently during a ‘Waterside Wander’ in the city. The fun event, which was attended by around 20 walkers, was organised by the Friends of Exeter Ship Canal in partnership with Wellbeing Exeter, which is partly funded by the City Council. The ‘Waterside Wander’ ventured around the Canal...
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock The Solong cargo ship after it hit an oil tanker in the North Sea The owners of a container ship have filed a legal claim against the owners of a tanker that it struck in a crash in the North Sea. The Stena Immaculate, a US-registered tanker carrying aviation fuel, was anchored 16 miles...