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Amazon Hit With New Worker-Safety Claims in New York

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 NINA PULLANO
Amazon, coronavirus, New York, retaliation, safety, shipping

Just a week ago, the online retail giant had filed suit to block the investigations supporting the New York attorney general’s latest filing.

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Business Consumers Technology 

Amazon Buys 11 Jets for 1st Time to Ship Orders Faster

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Amazon, Aviation, retail, shipping

Amazon said Tuesday that it bought 11 jets from Delta and WestJet airlines to boost its growing delivery network and get orders to shoppers faster.

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International Politics 

South Korean Tanker Was Boarded by Armed Iran Guard Forces

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Iran, military, nuclear power, raids, shipping, South Korea

Armed Iranian Revolutionary Guard troops stormed a South Korean tanker and forced the ship to change course and travel to Iran, the vessel’s owner said Tuesday, the latest maritime seizure by Tehran amid heightened tensions with the West over its nuclear program.

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Energy International Politics 

Iran Starts 20% Uranium Enrichment, Seizes South Korean Ship

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Iran, nuclear power, shipping, South Korea

Iran began enriching uranium Monday to levels unseen since its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and also seized a South Korean-flagged tanker near the crucial Strait of Hormuz, a double-barreled challenge to the West that further raised Mideast tensions.

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Government Technology 

FAA Outlines New Rules for Drones and Their Operators

December 28, 2020December 29, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
drones, regulation, shipping, transportation

Federal officials say they will allow operators to fly small drones over people and at night, potentially giving a boost to commercial use of the machines.

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International 

Russian Fishing Trawler Sinks in Barents Sea, 17 Missing

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
rescue, Russia, shipping

A Russian fishing trawler sank Monday in the northern Barents Sea and 17 of its crew are still missing, emergency officials said. Two other crew members have been rescued.

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Employment Health 

Anti-Virus Controls Strand Merchant Sailors Aboard Ships

December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
China, coronavirus, shipping

The crew of the U.S.-owned Horizon Spirit expect to spend Christmas looking after their 800-foot long container ship in a southern Chinese shipyard, barred, like thousands of sailors worldwide, from going ashore due to coronavirus restrictions.

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Government Health 

General Sorry for ‘Miscommunication’ Over Vaccine Shipments

December 19, 2020December 21, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
coronavirus, shipping, vaccines

The Army general in charge of getting Covid-19 vaccines across the United States apologized on Saturday for “miscommunication” with states over the number of doses to be delivered in the early stages of distribution.

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International Latest Headlines Politics 

‘External Source’ Causes Oil Tanker Blast Off Saudi Arabia

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bombing, explosion, oil, Saudi Arabia, shipping, Trade, Yemen

An oil tanker off Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jiddah suffered an explosion early Monday after being hit by “an external source,” a shipping company said, suggesting another vessel has come under attack off the kingdom amid its yearslong war in Yemen.

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International Politics 

German Defense Minister Rejects Turkey Complaint Over Search

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Diplomacy, Germany, searches, shipping, Turkey

Germany’s defense minister on Tuesday rejected Turkey’s complaints over the search of a Turkish freighter in the Mediterranean Sea by a German frigate participating in a European mission, insisting that German sailors acted correctly.

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Business Environment International 

Turkey Probes Istanbul Mayor in Fight Over ‘Crazy’ Canal

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
infrastructure, shipping, Turkey

Turkey’s interior ministry has launched a probe into the Istanbul mayor over his opposition to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s dream of building an alternative to the Bosphorus Strait, the mayor’s spokesman said Monday.

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International Science 

Painstaking Race Against Time to Uncover Viking Ship’s Secrets

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
artifacts, history, Norway, shipping

Inch by inch, they gently pick through the soil in search of thousand-year-old relics. Racing against onsetting mold yet painstakingly meticulous, archeologists in Norway are exhuming a rare Viking ship grave in hopes of uncovering the secrets within.

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Business Entertainment Health International 

Covid-19 Case Hits 1st Caribbean Cruise Since Pandemic

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Caribbean, coronavirus, shipping, tourism, Travel

One of the first cruise ships to ply through Caribbean waters since the pandemic began ended its trip early after one passenger fell ill and is believed to have Covid-19, officials said Thursday.

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Criminal International 

7 Held for Suspected Tanker Hijack after UK Commando Raid

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
arrests, oil, shipping, United Kingdom

Seven stowaways seized when British naval special forces stormed an oil tanker in the English Channel have been arrested on suspicion of hijacking, police said Monday.

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Environment Law 

Cleanup Firm Can’t Duck Whistleblower Case Involving Irradiated Shipyard

October 22, 2020October 23, 2020 MATTHEW RENDA
pollution, San Francisco, shipping

A federal judge ruled Thursday that plaintiffs could continue their claims against an environmental analysis firm allegedly fudging soil samples to conceal radioactivity at a former Navy test site in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco.

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Appeals Law 

Vessels

September 18, 2020September 21, 2020 BRIEF
Second Circuit, shipping

Federal law only required waterborne vessels — and not aircraft — to publicly disclose their manifests, which include information about where the vessel has traveled and what it had on board, the Second Circuit ruled.

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Environment Regional 

California Rolls Out Tough Emissions Regulations on Ships, Big Rigs

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 NICK CAHILL
California, emissions, shipping, trucks

Calling for a crackdown of two major contributors to California’s notoriously hazy air, the state is moving forward with stringent new anti-smog laws for the shipping and transportation industries.

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National 

Thousands of Chicks Arrive Dead to Farmers Amid USPS Turmoil

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Agriculture, chicken, mail, Maine, shipping, U.S. Postal Service

At least 4,800 chicks shipped to Maine farmers through the U.S. Postal Service have arrived dead in the recent weeks since rapid cuts hit the federal mail carrier’s operations, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said.

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Environment International Science 

Offshore Refueling Deepens Fears for S. Africa’s Penguin Haven

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
birds, marine biology, pollution, shipping, South Africa, toxic spills

Generators hum loudly in the background as a tour boat bobs past a towering vessel filled with ship fuel, anchored in Algoa Bay, a stone’s throw away from the world’s largest breeding colony of African penguins.

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Business Government International 

Venezuela Sanctions Set Off Fight for ‘Plundered’ Oil Cargo

June 30, 2020August 3, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
arbitration, auctions, Oil and gas, Sanctions, shipping, Venezuela

For two months, the Malta-flagged oil tanker Alkimos has been quietly floating off the Gulf Coast of Texas, undisturbed by the high-stakes legal fight playing out in a federal courtroom as a result of American sanctions on Venezuela.

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