The USNS Comfort passes Manhattan as it enters New York Harbor during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, U.S., March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar The USNS Comfort arrived in New York Harbor on Monday in support of the nation’s Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) response efforts. The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command hospital ship, with … [Read more...]
Coronavirus-Hit Cruise Ship Allowed to Transit Panama Canal
The cruise ship MS Zaandam, where passengers have died on board, navigates through the pacific side of the Panama Canal, in Panama City, Panama, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Erick Marciscan By Elida Moreno and Dave Graham PANAMA CITY, March 28 (Reuters) - A cruise ship stuck off Panama's Pacific coast after four … [Read more...]
Four Die on Holland America Cruise Ship
MS Zaandam. Photo courtesy Holland America Line PANAMA CITY, March 27 (Reuters) - Four passengers have died on board the MS Zaandam, a cruise ship currently off the coast of Panama with dozens of guests suffering from influenza-like symptoms, at least two of whom have coronavirus, the vessel's operator said on Friday. Zaandam had been on a South American cruise that … [Read more...]
USNS Mercy Arrives in Los Angeles
The hospital ship USNS Mercy arrives at the Port of Los Angeles to assist area medical facilities during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Pedro, California, U.S., March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake The hospital ship USNS Mercy has arrived at the Port of Los Angeles bringing with it 1,000 hospital beds, 800 medical staff, emergency rooms and ICUs to … [Read more...]
Containership Runs Aground on Lower Mississippi
Photo courtesy Donnie Collins A 334-meter containership has run aground on the Lower Mississippi River near Poydras, Louisiana. The U.S. Coast Guard reports that watch standers at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call at 3:20 a.m. Friday that the Belita had run aground near 12-mile point, located at mile marker 81. The Coast Guard has placed a … [Read more...]