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Hundreds of people were killed during Operation Just Cause. Trump has stoked fears the US could invade againFor Isabel Corro, Donald Trump’s suggestions that the US could use military force to take control of the Panama Canal evokes painful memories.Th…
続きを読むAdministrator rejects Donald Trump’s claims that China controls canal or suggestion US could take it backWho owns the Panama Canal and what does Trump want with it?The Panama Canal will remain in Panamanian hands, and open to commerce from all countrie…
続きを読むCoastguard says chemical tanker was carrying 980 tonnes of acrylic acid but no leaks reportedEight people died after a South Korean-flagged tanker capsized in rough seas off Japan, the coastguard said.“They were confirmed dead at a hospital,” a spokesp…
続きを読むBloc hoping to close loopholes that allow Moscow to route military technology via third countriesThe EU is proposing to sanction companies in mainland China for the first time as part of its latest measures aimed at shutting down loopholes that allow R…
続きを読むExclusive: $9bn port, airport and military base on Great Nicobar Island will cause ‘genocide’ of isolated Shompen, academics warnAcademics from around the world have urged India to cancel a huge construction project on Great Nicobar Island, warning it …
続きを読むTanker blocked canal for hours, close to where Ever Given container ship became stuck, disrupting supply chains for a weekA tanker getting stuck used to be more the domain of niche business news, but that was before the Ever Given, so all eyes were soo…
続きを読むSri Lankan beaches buried in pellets only ‘tip of the iceberg’ of environmental harm after analysis of nurdles from burning shipContainer ship accidents at sea should be considered the “oil spills of our time”, warned environmental organisations that f…
続きを読むUnique colony of blue whales increasingly at risk from tankers and container ships, say marine campaignersScientists and conservation groups are calling for one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes to be rerouted in an effort to protect the world’s la…
続きを読むThe country’s golden beaches have turned black as debris released from a sunken ship continues to wreak environmental and economic havocWhen Adnan Sheikh took his family on holiday to Sri Lanka last October, he booked them into a hotel for two weeks in…
続きを読むBillions of these tiny plastic pellets are floating in the ocean, causing as much damage as oil spills, yet they are still not classified as hazardousWhen the X-Press Pearl container ship caught fire and sank in the Indian Ocean in May, Sri Lanka was t…
続きを読むWe must find a way to embrace shipping, the ocean and our place in the world without shackling ourselves to unpayable foreign debtGrowing up in Sri Lanka in the 1990s, it was drilled into me from an early age that my island was destined to be a maritim…
続きを読むFishing communities fear for future as oil, plastic and toxic chemicals devastate ecosystemUntil last week Lucien Justin, the chair of the Jude Watta fisheries committee in Wattala, near Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, lived a simple life. He and his wif…
続きを読むNavy tugboats and helicopters monitor wreckage as green film surrounds chemical-laden vesselSri Lankan officials have begun preparing for a potentially devastating oil spill after a cargo ship carrying toxic chemicals caught fire off the coast and sank…
続きを読むAppeal court clears wife to sue company in London over husband’s death while helping to scrap tanker in ChittagongBritish shipping companies that sell old vessels to be scrapped cheaply in dangerous, low-paid conditions in Bangladesh, India or Pakistan…
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