By Jon Herskovitz (Bloomberg) The missiles the US has accused North Korea of sending to Russia appear to be from its newest family of nuclear-capable rockets that are easy to hide,…
The Royal Thai Navy last week was called to rescue a derelict cargo ship listing in the Gulf of Thailand, near the location of an offshore rig. Upon inspection of…
A “ghost ship” optical illusion was created by none other than Mother Nature herself, reports finance.
Floating In The Sky
A large container ship looked as though it was floating in the sky off the coast of Kent in the United Kingdom. The vessel appeared to be hovering about the water but it was just a trick of the eye.
“We were just out for an Easter Sunday walk off Long Rock and there was the floating ship. Lots of people were stopping to look at it,” onlooker Charlotte Cornell told Kent Online.
A sailor was forced to live on an abandoned ship for four years and now, he’s finally made it home, reports BBC.
Why was the ship detained?
Mohammed Aisha had been stuck on the cursed ship since May 5, 2017, when the ship was detained at the port of Adabiya in Egypt, due to expired safety certificates.
As the vessel’s contractors and the owners had monetary issues, the ship was doomed to remain off the Egyptian coast. With Mohammed declared the ship’s legal guardian, other sailors got to go,...
One year after grounding, an abandoned cargo ship continues to pose a hazard in Ireland, reports The Guardian.
About the incident
The cargo ship actually has quite the back story. The 250-foot Tanzania-flagged ship had been abandoned at sea for over a year when it finally washed up in Cork County, Ireland back on February 16, 2020.
The vessel first made headlines in October 2018 when the U.S. Coast Guard rescued its 10 crew members after the vessel had become disabled more than 1,300 miles from...
An abandoned cargo ship has washed up in Ireland after more than a year adrift in the North Atlantic. The M/V Alta first made made headlines in October 2018 when the U.S. Coast Guard rescued its 10 crew members approximately 1,380 miles from Bermuda, leaving the ship abandoned about twenty days...
An abandoned ghost ship ran aground on Cork coast during Storm Dennis.
The 77-metre MV Alta drifted for over a year, skirting the Americas, Africa and Europe, rusting and derelict yet resolutely afloat.
Environmental scientists who visited the area on Monday did not see visible pollution, sais the Cork County Council.
An abandoned ship washed up on the rocky shore of southern Ireland after having drifted across the Atlantic Ocean for more than a year, reports The Guardian.
The Royal Navy ice patrol ship stumbled upon a mysterious ghost ship while in underway in the mid-Atlantic Ocean earlier this week. The Royal Navy’s HMS Protector came across the abandoned vessel on August 30 as it sailed towards Bermuda to assist with hurricane relief efforts. The crew on board...