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Baltimore's biggest bridge collapses after being hit by a cargo ship, videos show. Mass casualty event declared.

A mass casualty event has been declared and a major rescue operation is underway after a cargo ship…

Kwan Wei Kevin Tan   


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The bridge collapse shut down shipping traffic at Baltimore's port 'until further notice'

Maersk warned that cargo bound for Baltimore may face delays because it will have to be moved throu…

Pete Syme   


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The ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse also crashed in a European port in 2016

The container ship that caused Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge to collapse also crashed in Bel…

Mikhaila Friel   


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Shipping is a big polluter so the freight giants are trying new cargo ships powered by wind or green methanol

Maersk launched a cargo ship powered by green methanol last month, while Cargill announced Monday a…

Pete Syme   


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Ships are getting bigger. That's making incidents like the Baltimore bridge collapse more complicated.

Container ships have "grown up in size by as much as 1,500% in the last couple years," posing more …

Geoff Weiss   


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The Baltimore bridge disaster is what happens when 95,000 tons of modern cargo ship meets America's aging infrastructure, experts say

Much remains unknown about why the Dali collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Experts say the…

Marianne Guenot,Mia Jankowicz   


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Ship loses propulsion near New York's Verrazzano Bridge just days after the Baltimore bridge collapse: report

New York avoided catastrophe after a container ship lost propulsion near the Verrazzano Bridge, jus…

Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert   


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Baltimore bridge collapse would have been much worse if the ship hadn't called in 'mayday'

Authorities stopped traffic on the Baltimore bridge just before its collapse thanks to a ship's may…

Grace Eliza Goodwin   


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A startup wants to build the world's largest cargo plane big enough to carry wind turbines the size of a football field — take a look

Radia, a Colorado-based startup, wants to build a cargo plane the length of a football field to del…

Lloyd Lee,Taylor Rains   


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A luxury cruise liner bound for Europe got diverted to a cargo-ship crash where several people likely died

Rescue ships including the luxury cruise liner the Iona set out to aid a doomed cargo ship's crew.

Mia Jankowicz   


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A 5,000-ton cargo ship crashed into a Scottish island while the officer on watch was 'snoring loudly' after a night of drinking, report finds

A UK governmental report found the BBC Mamara sustained "significant damage" when it ran aground af…

Erin Snodgrass   


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The Dali, the ship that brought down the Baltimore bridge, ran into a problem with its propulsion system months before the crash

Authorities say the Dali crashed into the bridge as it lost propulsion, but it's unclear if this wa…

Matthew Loh   


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The ship that crashed into the Baltimore bridge carried 764 tons of hazardous material, and some containers have been breached, NTSB says

NTSB chief Jennifer Homendy said her team saw a "sheen on the waterway" but aren't sure how much of…

Matthew Loh   


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2 ship companies are invoking a 200-year-old law to try to skirt huge legal liabilities from the Baltimore collision

The companies want to cap their liability at $43.7 million by invoking a 19th-century maritime law …

Huileng Tan   


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Dispatch audio reveals the intense moment on-site officers realized a 984-ft ship was about to crash into Baltimore's biggest bridge

Radio archives reveal how officers scrambled to close traffic on the bridge just two minutes before…

Matthew Loh   


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The Houthis are getting smarter with their Red Sea attacks, and the ships sailing these waters are paying the price

The Iran-backed rebels have seen a string of successful attacks this month, striking a number of co…

Jake Epstein   


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Yemen's Houthi rebels are menacing ships on the high seas

The Houthis have wreaked havoc against international shipping in the Red Sea and are showing they c…

Paul Iddon   


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A Yemeni influencer nicknamed 'Timhouthi Chalamet' vanished from TikTok after posting a tour of a captured cargo ship

A young man posted several videos on a boat, sailing around the captured cargo ship Galaxy Leader, …

Lindsay Dodgson   


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The Baltimore bridge disaster is just the latest knock to global shipping and trade

The Dali, a cargo ship, collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday, shuttin…

Huileng Tan   


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Yemen's Houthi rebels hijacked a cargo ship in the Red Sea on Iran's orders, Israel says

A spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces said the group would target Israeli ships in the Red Sea…

Alia Shoaib