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German frigate Hessen sailors were on watch 12 hours a day in the Red Sea with only seconds to react to threats in the 'worst case scenario'
The German warship spent several weeks deployed to volatile Middle Eastern waters to protect commer…
Jake Epstein
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Venice is installing speed cameras on its canals after a series of deadly accidents
Venice will deploy speed cameras to monitor boats in its canals following a series of deadly accide…
Joshua Zitser
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These charts show how much traffic has plunged in the Suez and Panama canals — and the potential impact on inflation
The number of vessels passing through the Suez and Panama Canal have dropped by 50%, Apollo's chief…
Aruni Soni
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Venice tourists who refused to stop taking selfies sent tumbling into a cold canal after their gondola capsized
The gondolier was attempting to get under a bridge near St Mark's Square when the group ignored his…
Nathan Rennolds
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'The narrowboat life': 3 women in the UK share what it's like to ditch land and live on the British canals
Business Insider spoke with three women who live on narrowboats in the UK. They all said it's not f…
Manseen Logan
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The Panama Canal is so clogged up that a shipping company paid $4 million to jump the line: report
Japan's Eneos Group paid almost $4 million for expedited passage through the Panama Canal amid an u…
Mia Jankowicz
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Maersk quietly settled its $44 million lawsuit against the companies behind the Ever Given, the ship that blocked the Suez Canal
Danish shipping giant Maersk initially wanted $44 million in damages over delays caused by the Ever…
Mia Jankowicz
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The Panama Canal auctions more spots to jump the line amid a growing backlog of ships waiting to transit key waterway for commodities
The total amount spent by shipping companies this year to get an earlier spot in the line now total…
Aruni Soni
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Panama Canal slashes the number of ships allowed through — drought means there isn't enough water in the channel
The Panama Canal restricted the number of boats that can cross a day after an unseasonably dry year…
Marianne Guenot
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The Panama Canal's water level is dropping thanks to a drought, throttling the number of ships that can get through
A drought in Panama has forced officials to limit the daily number of ships that can pass through, …
George Glover
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2 gas tankers traveled across the Pacific but U-turned just short of the Panama Canal because low water levels have created a traffic jam
An intense drought has dried up the Panama Canal, restricting the number of vessels allowed to pass…
Aruni Soni
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The congestion at the Panama Canal is so bad that one shipper paid $2.4 million to jump a line and get through the waterway: report
The congestion in the Panama Canal is closely watched because 40% of US container traffic passes th…
Huileng Tan
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Mystery as Venice's famed Grand Canal turns a fluorescent green, leaving Italian police and locals stumped
Venice's Grand Canal is sporting a growing patch of fluorescent green, with local police and enviro…
Riddhi Kanetkar
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Egypt's Suez Canal records highest ever revenue of $7 billion
"The income is the highest figure ever recorded and is over a fifth higher than the previous fiscal…
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A huge traffic jam at the Panama Canal could take at least 10 months to clear up — and it'll likely screw up your holiday shopping
Supply chain visibility startup Project44 said the wait time for ships that haven't been booked wit…
Rebecca Cohen
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More than 200 ships are in a traffic jam outside the Panama Canal, showing we can't get through a year without big boats getting stuck
In the past three years, at least one big boat has gotten stuck in a body of water each year: The E…
Rebecca Cohen
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A fire at a Wisconsin dairy factory melted butter and clogged up a canal
The blaze at the Associated Milk Producers facility began in a room where butter was stored, causin…
Ryan Hogg
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Pictures show grounded gondolas and miserable tourists in Venice as canals run dry due to drought and low tide
Normally, the "floating city" of Venice must guard against flooding. But a mixture of factors have …
Mia Jankowicz
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The US military is watching China's presence grow in Latin America, and it doesn't like where things are going
China's activity near the Panama Canal and the Strait of Magellan are the "two greatest concerns, s…
Christopher Woody
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A woman documented her four-day struggle to retrieve the back of an earring that had fallen into her ear canal. After it was dislodged, she immediately placed it back on her ear.
Bondad said the trapped earring piece initially gave her a dull, uncomfortable pain that got worse …