Overview:- Although it is just a bridge, it is as dangerous as the roads we mentioned above. The bridge connects Sakaiminato and Matsue. It is about 1.7 km long, and 11.3 meters wide. From the far, the bridge seems impossible to climb. This height allows large ships to pass underneath....
After a fire spread onboard, an explosion and blackout led to panic. Lifeboats could not be found and it is said the ferry did not have a radio. It took Dona Paz just 2 hours and the tanker, Vector about 4 to sink in Tablas Strait. A lack of safety measures on the ferry and the...
A Dutchman’s attempt at a romantic wedding proposal using a mobile crane has resulted in the crane falling over and smashing into a neighbour’s roof. The man had rented a crane in the central town of Ijsselstein to descend in front of his girlfriend’s bedroom window, play her a song...
In the Red Sea, Houthi rebels have stormed onto cargo ships, causing freight rates to quadruple and setting a precedent that American vessels aren’t welcome across one of the world’s most vital transport lanes. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has turned the Black Sea into a gauntlet of ...
It is cosmopolitan, and it’s where the sailors would come home with the blues records from America on the ships. There is the biggest country & western following in England in Liverpool, besides London – always besides London, because there is more of it there. ...
In World War I, German submarines almost succeeded in cutting Britain's maritime life line by sinking a huge number of British merchant ships in the Atlantic Ocean. Despite this fact, the new German Navy built for World War 2 was similar to the old one. Most of its resources were invested...
He let go of her shoulders and she(sink)atonceto the floor.3. Five ships(sink) off the coast of Newfoundlandin the past years.4. One evening at sunset, we(sit) by the fire,having our barbecue.5.(sit) in the corner, she looked very lonely....
And Erdogan has responded with the promised zeal by provocatively sending its own drillships to Cyprus’ offshore EEZ to start drilling on its own. The Turks say that Cypriots have no jurisdiction to explore for natural gas here. The Cypriots disagree, as does the entire Western world. ...
while maintaining security: that is, making sure that the enemy could not decrypt them and use the contents to help them sink our ships and kill our men," Sims wrote. "The enemy knew we were there and they would have liked to find out what we were doing. We had to keep our knowledg...
The Amoco Cadiz—a "very large crude carrier" or VLCC—was caught in a winter storm that damaged the ship’s rudder. The ship put out a distress call, and although several ships responded, none were able to prevent the ship from running aground. Its steering wheel failed, causing the ves...