The vessel was seized in January. Iran said the ship had been polluting its waters, but the move was seen as an effort to force South Korea to unlock billions in funds caught up in U.S. sanctions.
Tag: Ships and Shipping
Israel-Iran Sea Skirmishes Escalate as Mine Damages Iranian Military Ship
The explosion came the same day as progress was reported in talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal, which Israel opposes.
With Swarms of Ships, Beijing Tightens Its Grip on South China Sea
After building artificial islands, China is using large fleets of ostensibly civilian boats to press other countries’ vessels out of disputed waters.
Italy Bans Cruise Liners From Venice Lagoon, With a Catch
Though environmental groups praised the decision to detour big ships outside the fragile area, they are concerned about plans to temporarily dock them at Marghera, the lagoon’s industrial hub.
Clearing the Suez Canal Took Days. Figuring Out the Costs May Take Years.
There will be finger-pointing and competing agendas as cargo companies, lawyers, insurers and government agencies try to sort out what went wrong when the Ever Given got stuck — and who must pay.
Suez Canal Is Open, but the World is Still Full of Giant Container Ships
As global trade has grown, shipping companies have steadily increased ship sizes — but the Suez Canal blockage showed that bigger is not always better.
Ship Is Freed After a Costly Lesson in the Vulnerabilities of Sea Trade
A single stuck ship stymied global trade for nearly a week. That raises fundamental questions about risks in the supply chain industry.
Suez Canal Ship Is Free
The operation that wrested the ship from an embankment where it had beached six days ago was one of the most intense in maritime history. Some Suez Canal traffic resumed within hours.
‘A Very Big Problem.’ Giant Ship in the Suez Remains Stuck.
A small Egyptian village has a front-row seat to the unfolding effort to dislodge the container ship that ran aground in the canal, holding up $10 billion in global trade every day.
‘A Very Big Problem.’ Giant Ship in the Suez Remains Stuck.
A tiny Egyptian village has a front-row seat to the unfolding effort to dislodge the container ship that ran aground in the canal, holding up $10 billion in global trade every day.