He said the couple were being held hostage on a Singapore-registered container ship called the Kota Wajah.

BBC: Yacht couple 'well and being fed'

On Wednesday April 8th it was confirmed that Somali gunmen had hijacked an American-operated container ship, the 17, 500 tonne Maersk Alabama.

ECONOMIST: Pirates kidnap 20 American sailors off the coast of Somalia

Richard Phillips reportedly offered himself as a hostage to the pirates during an attack Wednesday on the U.S.-flagged container ship Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean.

CNN: Source: Pirates repel sailors attempting to reach captain

From his boat, Ridley wrote a daily blog via a solar-powered satellite phone, describing his near collision with a container ship, battles with 20-foot waves and cravings for gin and tonics.

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Down at the docks in Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe, cranes swing into action, unloading "Edith" - the world's biggest container ship, which has just come into the port.

BBC: Dutch show growing annoyance with EU

This is exactly the spirit in which 61-year-old Captain Arne Rinnan answered the call from the Australian coastguard requesting he sail and rescue the 460 asylum-seekers now on board his container ship.

BBC: cargo ship Tampa

The GT will be traveling by cargo ship in a 40-foot container between continents, the company says.

FORBES: One Solar Car To Cross The Country

The skipper praised the captain of the German container ship, the Hoescht Express, which rescued the seven-strong crew more than 750 miles west of Ireland.

BBC: Revolutionary catamaran 'saved our lives'

One recent weapon is what frog-busters are calling a "hot shower chamber, " a modified freight container used by nurseries to ship plants, with multiple heads that spray heated water onto the plants and kill any coquis that might be lurking there.

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