The seafarers who deliver gas, food and medicine are being forced to keep working. They cannot leave the ship: ‘We want to go home.’
Tag: Ships and Shipping
Privatized Pushbacks: How Merchant Ships Guard Europe
To hinder migrants crossing the Mediterranean, European navies stopped rescuing them. Now commercial ships are tasked with saving lives — and returning migrants to war-torn Libya.
Virus Disrupts China’s Shipping, and World Ports Feel the Impact
Even where factories are back in operation, getting freight to docks has been impeded by roadblocks and quarantines.
A German Mine Hit and the Ship Split in Half
We were returning to our home port in Brooklyn when there was a sudden explosion. Everyone on board had to abandon ship.
‘We’re in a Petri Dish’: How a Coronavirus Ravaged a Cruise Ship
More than three days passed before Japan imposed a quarantine. That delay and other missteps helped produce the largest outbreak of the virus beyond China.
14 Die and Hundreds Sickened in Pakistan, and the Cause Is a Mystery
Officials are giving conflicting explanations of the cause of the trouble, which may stem from a gas leak at Karachi’s port.
Passengers Begin Disembarking Infected Cruise Ship
More than 100 Americans cannot return home for at least two more weeks, after having been on a cruise ship in Japan that is a hot spot for the coronavirus.
Storm Dennis Blows Ghost Ship to Ireland
A derelict cargo ship, abandoned near Bermuda and last spotted months ago in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, washed ashore near a tiny fishing village.
Cambodia’s Coronavirus Complacency May Exact a Global Toll
After a cruise ship docked in Cambodia, passengers streamed off the ship, maskless, and fears are rising that the country could become a vector of transmission.
Cruise Ship Passengers, Some Infected, Flown Back to U.S.
As passengers were evacuated from one ship in Japan, health officials scrambled to test people on another, in Cambodia.