The AMISOM spokesperson claimed he did not have knowledge of ship's cargo, but the boat was reportedly en route from Dubai.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

And the long-awaited Airbus A400M, a military cargo plane, is years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

He says he is a pirate on board the cargo ship al-Mizan, which was seized by pirates.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Specially designed cargo barges would head out to meet and unload gigantic container ships along any coastline.

VOA: standard.2010.01.04

The latest U.N.sanctions authorize the inspection of any suspicious cargo on ships or planes bound for Iran.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Israel has begun moving cargo from the aid flotilla to the Gaza Strip after inspecting it.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

At its peak in the 1870s, more than 500 long,narrow boats carried cargo on the canal.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

Mohammed Iqbal,who says he manages the hijacked cargo ship al-Mizan, also spoke to VOA from Dubai.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

The developers of mobile harbor say the system also will boost anti-terror efforts, by keeping container ships with potentially dangerous cargo away from populated areas.

VOA: standard.2010.01.04

Additionally, there are new restrictions on Iran's financial and insurance sectors and a cargo inspection regime intended to prevent Iran from smuggling in prohibited items.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

Cruise ships dock on one side. On the other,long-haul cargo ships unload their containers.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

NASA officials say plans to build out and expand the station are more than 90 percent complete, mainly thanks to space shuttle and its large cargo capacity.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

Russian rockets carrying cargo will then bring the remaining materials needed to finish.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

The leading U.S.carrier says it is also excited about the additional cargo opportunities the new Abuja route will provide, offering same-day shipment to many cities across the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.06.13

Atlantis delivered nearly 13 metric tons of cargo to the complex.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

The International Air Transport Association, which represents 230 airlines around the world, predicts passenger demand will grow nearly 6 percent in 2010, while cargo demand is expected to see double digit growth.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

The lucrative ransoms negotiated with the vessels' owners for the release of their cargo has fueled the piracy business in the country which has largely stagnated in violent anarchy for almost two decades.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

In other economic news, Iran's commerce minister Mehdi Ghazanfari repeated an earlier warning by parliament speaker Ali Larijani that Tehran would respond to any inspection of its cargo ships on the high seas.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Mr.Obama says the American people also have reason to be proud of the captain who offered himself up as a hostage to the pirates in an effort to protect the crew of his cargo vessel.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

everything is going to be impacted." Hassan-yari says that Iranian threats to retaliate against searches of cargo vessels are mostly empty rhetoric, because many are no longer even willing to sail to Iranian ports due to insurance issues.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

"Clearly with the economy around the world growing again, passenger traffic coming back, cargo traffic coming back, we're in a much better position today than we were last year and as we look forward, we're very optimistic about the future."

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

"I saw all these ships waiting out there,I am guessing, waiting their turns to load and unload the cargo, so,I said,Why do the ships come into the harbor?" Why not have the harbor go out there and bring the goods in?'" Researchers describe the mobile harbor as a lean, light system for unloading container ships even if the coastal area is too shallow for them to dock.

VOA: standard.2010.01.04