China claims most of the strategic waterway and is trying to push out neighbors like the Philippines. Any deadly mistake could risk war.
Tag: Ships and Shipping
Divers in Baltic Find What Looks Like Champagne on Shipwreck
Polish divers think they have found cases of Champagne on a 19th-century merchant vessel that sank off Sweden.
Zelensky Is First Foreign Leader to Visit U.K. Cabinet Since Clinton
President Volodymyr Zelensky briefed Keir Starmer’s top team in an appearance designed to showcase Britain’s steadfast support for Ukraine in its war against Russia.
China and Philippines Trade Blame After Ships Collide in South China Sea
The clash is the latest in a string of confrontations that have increased tensions in the South China Sea.
Sailors Recount Houthi Attack and U.S. Navy Rescue
The captain of a ship assaulted by the Yemen-based militia last week spoke at a news conference in Manila after the rescue.
Wreckage of Shackleton’s Last Ship Is Found Off Coast of Canada
Ernest Shackleton was sailing for Antarctica on the ship, called the Quest, when he died in 1922. Researchers exulted over the discovery of its wreckage, 62 years after it sank in the Labrador Sea.
Ukraine’s Seaborne Grain Exports Bounce Back to Near Prewar Levels
The flow of grain ships through ports in the Odesa region is a welcome boost for Ukraine’s war-ravaged economy. But analysts warn it may not last.
The Death of a Treaty Could Be a Lifesaver for Taiwan
Since pulling out of an arms-limitation agreement with Russia in 2019, the U.S. has quickly developed new weapons that could be used to stop a Chinese invasion force.
Iran Says It Has Released Israel-Linked Ship’s Crew It Detained
Iranian forces seized the Portuguese-flagged ship, the MSC Aries, as tensions between Iran and Israel were rising.
Drought That Snarled Panama Canal Was Linked to El Niño, Study Finds
The low water levels that choked cargo traffic were more closely tied to the natural climate cycle than to human-caused warming, a team of scientists has concluded.