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Saturday, 30 September 2023

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Inside story of how Irish forces tracked €157m cocaine ship

The Times/The Sunday Times 01 Oct 2023

In the fury of gale-force winds last Tuesday, the Army Rangers descended from the Air Corps helicopter as the giant behemoth of a cargo ship beneath them pitched and rolled in the storm swells of the Irish Sea.

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Defence Secretary plans Ukraine training move ‘in country’

AOL 01 Oct 2023

He said ... The Defence Secretary said he had spoken to Mr Zelensky on Wednesday and hinted Britain could play a more active role in the Black Sea, where Russia has targeted cargo ships. .

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Grant Shapps to ramp up support for Volodymyr Zelensky

The Daily Telegraph 01 Oct 2023

Separately, having assured Mr Zelensky on Wednesday that the UK “will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine”, Mr Shapps suggested that Britain was preparing to play a more active role helping the country to defend itself against attacks in the Black Sea, where Russia has been increasingly targeting cargo ships carrying grain.

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British troops could deploy to Ukraine for first time to train soldiers, says Grant Shapps

The Observer 01 Oct 2023

‘No turning back’. how the Ukraine war has profoundly changed the EU. Read more ... He also suggested that Britain was preparing to help Ukraine counter the Russian army’s targeting of cargo ships ... Free daily newsletter ... “It’s important that we don’t allow a situation to establish by default that somehow international shipping isn’t allowed in that water ... .

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Eighth man arrested in probe into drugs haul seized on cargo ship

AOL 30 Sep 2023

An eighth man has been arrested by Irish police following the seizure of almost 160 million euro (£139 million) of cocaine on a bulk cargo ship off the coast of Ireland ... Police believe the cocaine, captured onboard the cargo ship after the dramatic military operation at sea, ...

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Ride the White Horses

The Maritime Executive 30 Sep 2023

Pamir, the last sail cargo vessel to operate commercially and at scale, ran her final route in 1957 on behalf of Hamburg’s Laeisz shipowning dynasty ... It makes intuitive sense to use wind to move cargo across the world ... Ships move 80-90 percent of the world’s cargo and cause “three percent of global emissions.”.

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Green Fuels in Shipping Face Major Challenges for 2050 Net Zero Target

The Maritime Executive 30 Sep 2023

Ships carry around 90% of traded goods and emit about 3% of global CO? ... Indeed, a British cargo ship recently took its maiden voyage using sails made from the same material as wind turbines ... Wind propellers might assist cargo ships but are unlikely to fully replace fuel engines ... What makes shipping fuel green?.

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Russia picked the Black Sea naval fight it's now losing to Ukraine, which doesn't even ...

Business Insider 30 Sep 2023

It was several weeks before Russia appeared to follow through on its threats when, in mid-August, it carried out a helicopter raid of a Palau-flagged cargo ship ... to the Black Sea Fleet fired two Kalibr cruise missiles at a Liberian-flagged cargo ship moored at a port in Odesa.

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FedEx Unveils Innovative DexR Robot for Enhanced Cargo Truck Packing

Cryptopolitan 30 Sep 2023

FedEx, a renowned player in the logistics sector, a groundbreaking solution to tackle one of the most intricate tasks in shipping and logistics—efficiently loading cargo trucks ... Efficiency meets precision in cargo packing. Cargo packing poses a complex challenge, particularly for industry leaders like FedEx.

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US Army engineers are dredging the dwindling Mississippi River 24/7 and battling seawater creeping upstream ...

Business Insider 30 Sep 2023

The low river threatens cargo ships that carry 60% of all grains produced in the US ... Shipping crops on the Mississippi River is ideal because it's low-cost, efficient, and can handle huge amounts of cargo at a time. Just 15 barges lashed together can carry as much cargo as about 1,000 trucks, the AP reported.

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The Irish Times view on massive drugs haul: cocaine continues to be a social threat

The Irish Times 30 Sep 2023

An Garda Siochana handout photo of some of the 157 million euro haul of cocaine seized when an elite Rangers unit stormed a cargo ship off the Irish coast ... A team of Army Rangers rappelled from the air on to the deck of the 189-metre-long Panamanian-registered cargo ship MV ...

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€157m cocaine interception off Cork coast was threatened by shortages including lack of helicopters

The Irish Times 30 Sep 2023

The ship was ... The Naval Service’s LÉ William Butler Yeats tracked the Panamanian registered MV Matthew as it sailed along the south coast before a team of elite ARW personnel fast-roped on to the ship from an Air Corps helicopter and secured the cargo and crew.

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Russian and Chinese entrepreneurs discussed possibilities for economic ties between the two countries’ agri-food exports

The Eastern Herald 30 Sep 2023

He highlighted the stable demand for certain types of products, such as rapeseed and soybeans, but also pointed to logistics (underdeveloped transport infrastructure and shipping problems) and administrative barriers that could reduce export efficiency ... of grain cargo.

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The Yemeni sailors who found a new berth in the Great Lakes

The National 30 Sep 2023

For more than a decade, Yemen native Zirjan “Zee” Ahmad spent months at a time on massive ships hauling iron ore and other industrial materials from port to port ... His first ship was called the American Republic, a 194-metre bulk carrier designed to ship iron ore around the Great Lakes ... “You need to get off the ship and rest, to change your life.”.

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