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This handout photo taken on March 11, 2026 and released by the Royal Thai Navy shows smoke rising from the Thai bulk carrier 'Mayuree Naree' near the Strait of Hormuz after an attack, March 11, 2026. (ROYAL THAI NAVY / AFP)
March 11, 2026, 12:32 pm
3 ships hit in Gulf as Iran targets oil-exporting neighbors, vows oil price will hit $200 a barrel
Pentagon says troops destroyed 16 Iranian minelaying vessels; drones impact near Dubai airport; after Tehran bank reportedly struck, regime says US and Israel ‘forcing our hand’ to target their economic centers
By Agencies
Illustrative: A cargo ship is seen at northern Israel's Haifa port, November 14, 2011. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
March 3, 2026, 6:27 pm
Israel using cargo ships to bring back doctors stranded abroad by war, official says
40 essential medical staff returned in two Zim journeys from Cyprus to Haifa so far, according to cargo firm; authorities say they’ll bus Israelis into country from Egyptian border
By Reuters and Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative - people look at a cargo ship that arrived at Ashdod port and was swept away to the shore following stormy weather in Ashdod, December 26, 2019. (Flash90)
December 28, 2022, 10:36 am
Crowds rush to loot goods from beached shipping containers
Opportunists in Ashkelon find thousands of items, including toys and pacifiers; one man snags a new fridge; ‘It’s a once-in-a-generation event,’ says witness
By Ash Obel
Syrian cargo ship Laodicea docked at a seaport, in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo)
August 4, 2022, 3:59 pm
Syrian ship Ukraine says is carrying stolen grain departs Lebanon after probe
Russia’s diplomatic mission in Beirut accuses Ukraine of lying about the cargo in an attempt to damage relations between Moscow and Beirut
By AP
The container ship Ever Forward, which ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay off the coast near Pasadena, Maryland, the night before, is seen March 14, 2022. (Julio Cortez/AP)
March 15, 2022, 9:43 am
Ship from firm that blocked Suez Canal runs aground in US
Ever Forward becomes stuck outside Baltimore port almost exactly a year after MV Ever Given became wedged in key Asia-Europe waterway for six days
By AFP
An Antonov-225 Mriya cargo plane carrying medical cargo from China prepares to land at an airfield in Gostomel outside Kyiv, on April 23, 2020. (Genya Savilov/AFP)
February 27, 2022, 11:01 pm
Russian strikes in Ukraine destroy world’s largest plane
The Antonov-225 cargo plane, nicknamed ‘Dream,’ could transport up to 250 tons of cargo; was widely used during COVID pandemic
By AFP
The Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship, is pulled by one of the Suez Canal tugboats, in the Suez Canal, Egypt, on March 29, 2021. (Suez Canal Authority via AP)
March 30, 2021, 11:48 am
Probe launched into megaship’s grounding, as Suez Canal backlog starts to clear
When the Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal it halted billions of dollars a day in maritime commerce; over 300 vessels now waiting for permission to continue sailing
By Samy Magdy
MSC PARIS nearing Haifa port October 11, 2020. (Geodrones)
October 12, 2020, 5:36 pm
Cargo ship arrives after stop in UAE in tandem with 1st step to ratify accord
Docking in Haifa of MSC PARIS signals start of weekly route that will include the Emirates on way to Israel
By ToI Staff
Freightos' online marketplace for international freight (Courtesy
August 31, 2016, 1:00 pm
Israel’s Freightos buys Barcelona’s WebCargoNet
Multi-million dollar deal will create world’s largest database of freight prices and routes, Jerusalem-based firm says
By Shoshanna Solomon
A DHL plane lands up on a highway after bursting through a perimeter fence at Orio al Serio airport in Bergamo, Italy, on August 5, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)
August 5, 2016, 1:15 pm
Plane overshoots runway in Italy, ends up on highway
Italian aviation officials say pilot and first officer both unhurt when Boeing 737 400 botched its landing from Paris
By AP
Illustrative photo of an Iranian warship (Alex Hicks, Wikimedia Commons)
May 19, 2015, 11:07 pm
Defying US, Iranian warships escort cargo vessel toward Yemen
Tehran ship packed with humanitarian supplies heading to rebel-controlled town, despite Washington’s directive that it dock in Djibouti, where aid is being coordinated
By AP and AFP
Maersk ships in 2014. (photo credit: CC BY-SA kees torn, Flickr)
May 1, 2015, 1:03 am
Iran to release seized Danish ship after ‘debt settled’
Tehran’s embassy says seizure of vessel related to financial spat, has ‘absolutely no political or security considerations’
By AFP
A Maersk ship in February 2015 (photo credit: CC BY-SA Kees Torn, Flickr)
April 30, 2015, 9:06 pm
Denmark urges Iran to release crew seized in cargo spat
Shipping group says holding of its vessel likely relates to a $4 million lawsuit over missing shipment in 2005
By AFP
Illustrative: Zim shipping containers. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
November 12, 2014, 9:34 pm
Israeli container ship repels pirate ambush
Security guards on Zim transport vessel prevent coordinated assault in the middle of the ocean
By Stuart Winer
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (photo credit: AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
October 12, 2012, 7:09 pm
Russia: Intercepted Syrian plane was legally carrying radar parts
Lavrov claims sending the dual military-civilian purpose cargo to Syria ‘isn’t forbidden by any international convention’
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