There was a booming noise, several plumes of smoke and then a splash as millions of pounds of Francis Scott Key Bridge debris fell into the Patapsco River Monday evening. Crews had previously placed linear shaped charges — explosive cutting devices — on the large piece of bridge that has sat on the front of […]
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — DC Fire and EMS said people were stranded after a water vessel lost power on Sunday. Boy discharged weapon hurting himself in Northeast DC DC Fire and EMS crews responded in a fireboat to the water incident that happened in the Washington Channel. (Photo courtesy of DC Fire and EMS) […]
May 7—May 3, 1924 Well sunk on canning factory site at Poplar POPLAR, Wis. — A well was sunk by Gustafson Bros., of Superior, on the site of the canning factory. At a depth of 50 feet, a flow of excellent water was obtained. Several carloads of brick, lumber and cement have arrived for the […]
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews have completed cleanup associated with the demolition of a major reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Workers finished the teardown of the Low Intensity Test Reactor and disposition of rubble and debris from the facility last fall, achieving an EM priority that year. However, the reactor vessel remained on the […]
A video shows a Chinese ship colliding with a Philippine vessel while firing water cannons. The Philippine Coast Guard says the vessel took damage from the attack. The confrontation, inside the Philippine’s exclusive economic zone, is the latest between the two countries. Chinese Coast Guard ships confronted a pair of Philippine vessels this week, harassing, […]
Two men died in a Miami-Dade hospital after the boat they were on collided with a yacht in Biscayne Bay, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife officials. The crash happened around 6:45 p.m. Sunday off waters near Homestead, Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue said. The cause of the accident is unclear. The collision was between a […]
A Carnival Cruise Line ship rescued nearly 30 people who were stuck at sea on Sunday. The crew on Carnival Paradise saved 28 Cuban nationals who were signaling for help on a vessel that was adrift around 2:30 p.m. The cruise ship was headed from Tampa, Florida, to Roatan in Honduras at the time. “The […]
Somali pirates have released a Bangladesh-flagged vessel and its 23-member crew after a ransom was reportedly paid. The MV Abdullah was carrying coal from Mozambique to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) when it was hijacked off Somalia’s coast about a month ago. The pirates alleged that they received $5m (£4m), but there is no independent […]
Deep in the waters off the west coast of Australia lies a burial ground of old ships. Known as the Rottnest graveyard, the area holds dozens of historically significant vessels that have been scuttled over the decades, including navy ships and secretive submarines. Locating the wrecks has proven to be huge challenge, with some of […]
A tugboat pushing a fuel barge was the first vessel to use an alternate channel to bypass the wreckage of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which had blocked traffic along the vital port’s main shipping channel. The barge supplying jet fuel to the Department of Defence left late on Monday and was destined for […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — A tugboat pushing a fuel barge was the first vessel to use an alternate channel to bypass the wreckage of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which had blocked traffic along the vital port’s main shipping channel. The barge supplying jet fuel to the Department of Defense left late Monday and was […]
The first vessel passed through a temporary alternate channel created near the damaged Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, on Monday, April 1. The tugboat Crystal Coast pushed a fuel barge through the channel created by the Key Bridge Response Unified Command, authorities said. The Crystal Coast became the first vessel to use the channel since […]