There are ships carrying heavy equipment and aid that are being held at the ports of Port-au-Prince and Saint-Marc and they can't unload because people are demanding payoffs.
Not much oil was spilled, but the message was clear: so long as there are ships, and humans steer them, accidents will happen, and may be huge ones.
There are many ships that have 150-ton lifting capacity in the modern fleet, and where as years ago we traditionally called things over 150-ton as heavy lift cargo, that story is different today.
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But it turns out there are plenty of ships in this price range, mostly mega-yachts, what many in the industry refers to as ships over 130 feet long (the longest stretch over 500 feet).
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Occasionally cruise ships will be refurbished here, but aside from ferries, there are very few large ships being built.
There are huge models of ships scattered throughout the restaurant, including an aircraft carrier in the lobby.
According to AIS beacons, there are at least eight ships (possibly more) anchored patiently outside the entrance of New York Harbor.
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If there are problems with the warming as measured by weather stations on land, there are also more reliable data from ships and satellites.
They have said that these ships are there to provide additional support to their people of that facility.
There are some 25, 000 ships plying the world's oceans at any given time.
Professor Rajan Gerta, from Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala, said that there are many references to "ships coming with gold, and going back with 'black gold'" - pepper.
Typhoon jets are coming into service, a new generation of ships is being introduced and there are plans to build two large aircraft carriers.
There are few industries more tied to global growth than dry bulk shipping, as these ships are responsible for carrying the materials required in economic expansion.
Ships' planking survives and there are always ballast stones along with a lot of pottery.
Ramsgate's Royal Harbour Marina was the reception centre for returning troops and after a weekend of commemorative events in France, the little ships are due to return there on Monday.
There are rumours that all their merchandise is made on ships on the high seas, where no labour laws apply, and that it can be dangerous televisions that explode, underwear that gives you a rash.
Each year, there are one or two North Atlantic Right Whales stuck by ships in the area.
Those banks of massive lasers to fry the incoming alien ships would be entirely valueless given that there are no aliens.
But a capital blockade is not physically obvious: There are no naval vessels or Air Force jets visibly interfering with ships and airplanes.
Many of them come on cruise ships, often passing through Chile or Argentina first, but there are also more than a dozen research stations on the continent, the largest being the McMurdo Station in the south, which can support more than a thousand people.
Without those last four words there might be no story here, but they are words that have launched a thousand ships (or at least blog posts).
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Today, according to IHS Fairplay, 15 of those 19 cargo ships are in Iranian ports, and 13 of them have been there for well over a month.
There are some explanations that would help close the gap: the aforementioned fact that Intel ships product in Q1 that OEMs will deliver for the most part in Q2.
It has also focused attention on how some international cruise companies operate, registering their ships in countries where there may be weak regulations or where international rules are poorly enforced, but at the same time headquartering their companies in the United States and Europe.
This study reportedly has confirmed the findings of the earlier report submitted to Congress in 1998, namely: that there is no technical reason preventing the evolution of the Navy Theater Wide system into a National Missile Defense (NMD) role and that there are significant advantages in overall NMD system performance, readiness and effectiveness by adding Naval ships adapted to the NMD mission.
Today, there are over 25 nations with submarines of varying capabilities, as many as up to 600 ships that our Navy could be faced with.
It's not that easy to find, in part because there's no one entity or country that oversees or regulates the industry with its fleet of ships that are like mini cities floating at sea.
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