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Pentagon seeks robot ships to haul supplies to combat zones
02 Mar 2026 19:30 GMT
… a ship far smaller than commercial and military container ships and … these autonomous freighters would be slower than commercial vessels designed to travel … miles while fully loaded in sea state 5 (up to … for new destinations while at sea. At the same time, …
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Strait of Hormuz ship traffic drops after attacks on Iran
02 Mar 2026 10:51 GMT
Ship traffic through the Strait of … on the MarineTraffic website showed freighters and tankers navigating the strait … of fighting Saturday.
Some vessels were seen veering around as … were hardly any ships passing through the strait. Vessels anchored near the …
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Second Narrows Rail Bridge malfunction traps 13 deep-sea cargo vessels
26 Feb 2026 00:55 GMT
… weekend, trapping 13 deep-sea cargo vessels.
Normally, the centre span … tankers and other commercial ships to pass in and … archive: 1979 collision of freighter into Second Narrows Rail Bridge … lift, such as deep-sea cargo vessels, cannot transit through the …
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Air freight rates expected to spike as Iran war escalates
01 Mar 2026 20:28 GMT
… plus one 737-800 converted freighter, according to Flightradar24 data. … .
Impact on ocean shipping
Meanwhile, on the ocean front, container … Oman and the Palau Ship Registry.
DP World has … restarted some Red Sea sailings have diverted vessels back around the …
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Algoma to acquire Lower Lakes fleet from Mainstay Maritime
02 Mar 2026 14:21 GMT
… fleet of six Canadian-flagged vessels.
Algoma Central Corp., St. … fleet of six Canadian-flagged vessels, the companies announced on … as well as six lake freighters: Kaministiqua, Manitoulin, Robert S. … a fleet of 26 vessels, including one conventional bulk …
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Middle East airspace shuts – air freight braced for shock
02 Mar 2026 14:07 GMT
… ports suspending operations and ocean carriers slapping on emergency … closure of Qatar airspace. Freighters not scheduled to operate through … services to and diverting vessels from the waterway and … sustained return to Red Sea transits have faded again. …
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Air cargo chaos: capacity on Asia–Europe drops 26%
02 Mar 2026 14:07 GMT
… stopovers.
The figures include freighters and widebody passenger aircraft … stops fell 75%;
direct freighter capacity jumped 34%;
… global international widebody and freighter capacity, highlighting the … , expected conversions from ocean to air freight, if …
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US-Iran war: What’s happening in Bahrain?
02 Mar 2026 14:02 GMT
… a fire on a foreign ship. Additional injuries were reported from … ignited a fire aboard a freighter, killing one foreign crewman and …
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Invasive lionfish are here to stay in North Carolina's coastal waters
02 Mar 2026 10:13 GMT
… invasive species in the Atlantic Ocean, originally from the Indo- … .
Climate change and warming ocean temperatures could allow the lionfish … in ballast tank of Asian freighters.
But officials warn it… just how vulnerable our ocean habitats are to invasive …
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Israel-Iran Attacks: Donald Trump vows to totally obliterate Iranian weapons
02 Mar 2026 08:08 GMT
… Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea earlier this month. Photo: Sonny … , KQ305, KQ311, KQ304 and related freighter operations were cancelled to protect …