[ The US government has given the state of Maryland $60 million (around £47.6m) in federal emergency relief money to rebuild the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The bridge came tumbling down early on Tuesday (26 March) after the cargo ship Dali lost power and plowed into it soon after leaving the Port … Read more
[ A marine technology professor has said the crew of the Dali cargo ship would have had less than a minute to respond in “challenging” conditions after the vessel lost power before colliding with a bridge near Baltimore early on Tuesday. CCTV video and marine tracking data has revealed the ship lost power, adjusted course … Read more
[ Amid the soaring skylines and neon-bathed streets of Hong Kong, Expats is a new six-part thriller starring Nicole Kidman which will resonate with many foreigners who have called the city home. For 18 years I was one of those 600,000 expats, living in the city of 7.5 million – but not all expat lives … Read more
[ I waited until I was 36 before boarding a cruise ship for the first time, having always viewed cruising as the preserve of “the newlywed, overfed and nearly dead”. That may have been the case once, but, in the past decade, the cruise industry has undergone quite the transformation. There is now a cruise … Read more
[ The UK has sent a third Royal Navy –warship to the Red Sea to bolster the international defence against attacks on commercial shipping by Houthi rebels. In an escalation of the UK’s military presence in the region, HMS Richmond left Plymouth on Friday to join HMS Diamond, a destroyer, and the frigate HMS Lancaster. … Read more
