Port of Hamburg Volumes Up 1.7% in Q1

In the first quarter of 2017, the Port of Hamburg's total throughput was up by 1.7 percent at 35.4 million tons. Growth in Germany's largest universal port was therefore slightly above the average 1.6 percent for the other major North Range ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp and Bremen/Bremerhaven.

Coast Guard Crew Finds 4,000 Pounds of Marijuana on Vessel

The Cutter Haddock crew discovered 4,000 pounds of marijuana and two suspects on board a vessel located offshore and southwest of San Diego on May 18. At around 7 a.m. on May 18, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Haddock crew received a tip that there was a disabled vessel located southwest of San Diego. The crew took the two suspects into custody and the vessel was towed to Coast Guard Sector San Diego, located across from San Diego International Airport.

In first under Donald Trump, US warship challenges Beijing’s claims in South China Sea

China's claims to the South China Sea, which sees about trillion in ship-borne trade pass every year, are challenged by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, as well as Taiwan. A U.S. Navy warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by China in the South China Sea, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, the first such challenge to Beijing in the strategic waterway since U.S. President Donald Trump took office.

US Navy Patrols China Islands for First Time Under Trump

The U.S. Navy sailed within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built by China in the South China Sea, the first such challenge to Beijing in the strategic waterway since U.S. President Donald Trump took office. Speaking on condition of anonymity, officials said on Wednesday that the USS Dewey traveled close to the Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands, among a string of islets, reefs and shoals over which China has territorial disputes with its neighbors, reported Reuters.

Crystal Lake dedicates Blue Star banners to deployed military personnel

Information Systems Technician Steven Chaix, on leave from the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, talks to Navy veteran and Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce member John Pletz. Chaix, of Crystal Lake, and eight other military personnel were honored with Blue Star banners along a stretch of Route 14 in front of the chamber's office.

Rescue teams search for boaters who went missing off Tybee Island during storm

Coast Guard Sector Charleston received a call at approximately 11:30 p.m., from the girlfriend of a man who has become stranded on Ossabaw Island after suffering mechanical issues on his 14-foot recreational boat. A boat crew aboard a 45-foot Response Boat - Medium from Coast Guard Station Tybee and an aircrew aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Savannah were launched to assist.

Graduation day bittersweet for slain black scholar’s friends

Authorities appealed for patience Monday, May 22, 2017, from two college communities reacting in shock, fear and anger after Sean Urbanski, a white University o... . People gather for a candlelight vigil and a moment of silence at a bus shelter at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md, Sunday, May 21, 2017, where visiting student was fatally stabbed.

Prosecutor: Too early to call school stabbing a hate crime

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Richard Collins III. Authorities appealed for patience Monday, May 22, 2017, from two college communities reacting in shock, fear and anger after Sean Urbanski, a white University of Maryland student, was arrested in what police called the unprovoked stabbing of a black Bowie State University student.

Human rights concerns prove no obstacle in Trump-Saudi ties

On his first overseas visit, President Donald Trump presided over a nearly $110 billion sale of military equipment to Saudi Arabia that made clear his administration did not see the kingdom's human rights record or its devastating war in Yemen as an obstacle to restoring ties that had been strained under his predecessor. The military agreement with Saudi Arabia, effective immediately, could expand up to $350 billion over 10 years.

David Clarke’s Plagiarized Masters Thesis

David Clarke, recently appointed as an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Homeland Security and infamous former Milwaukee County sheriff, plagiarized significant portions of his thesis at the Naval Postgraduate School. First, as many on my Twitter feed noted when this broke last evening, this offense pales in comparison to the outrages he committed as sheriff.

US refuses to add sailors’ names to Vietnam Memorial

In this November 2014 photo, Lawrence J. Reilly Sr., a U.S. Navy veteran of World War ll and the Vietnam War, sits in the living room of his home in Syracuse, N.Y. He and his 20-year-old son Lawrence J. Reilly Jr. were serving together on U.S. Navy destroyer Frank E. Evans when the ship was cut in half in a collision with the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne of the Royal Australian Navy during joint maneuvers in the South China Sea. Seventy-four sailors died but the Pentagon has rejected a longstanding request from survivors of the disaster to add the names of their fallen comrades to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., saying the accident occurred outside the Vietnam combat zone.

Three Royal Navy sailors are arrested in Sicily

Meghan arrives just in time for Pippa's high-flying reception after Harry's 100-mile dash to pick her up: Actress ducks cameras to avoid stealing limelight at Spitfire finale to million dollar wedding 'This makes me want to puke': Trump loyalist Roger Stone slams President for accepting highest civilian honor from 'enemy' Saudis who 'financed 9/11' 'Every day he looks more and more like a complete moron': Trump officials 'complain about the president's behavior after he trash-talked James Comey to Russian officials' Conrad Hilton is released from jail after his parents post $90,000 bail and ask that he be sent to a psychiatric hospital upon his release Princeton University admissions officers wrote of Asian applicants as having 'very familiar profiles' and that they were difficult to differentiate Trump curtsies for the King: Donald is mocked on Twitter for crouching 'like a sparkly ... (more)

US$1.2m worth of ganja seized in Caribbean Sea offloaded by US Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard says it has offloaded 573 pounds of marijuana, worth US$1.2 million, that was seized in the Caribbean Sea.On Friday, the Coast Guard said that the drug - offloaded in the US Virgin Islands, follows a recent at sea interdiction off the French Caribbean island of Martinique. Seven suspected smugglers, all Venezuelan nationals, have been turned over to the US Department of Justice for potential prosecution by the US Attorney's Office for the District of the Virgin Islands, the Coast Guard said.

The Latest: Trump receives Saudi’s highest civilian honor

Casey D. Eaton, Commander, 89th Airlift Wing, Andrews Air Force Base prepares to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, May 19, 2017, for his firs... The king placed the Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud around Trump's neck at a ceremony at the Royal Court in Riyadh. The host of the event declared that Trump was being honored for "his quest to enhance security and stability in the region and around the world."

In draft of speech, Trump using softer language about Islam

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, wave as they board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, May 19, 2017, prior to his departure on his first overseas trip. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, wave as they board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, May 19, 2017, prior to his departure on his first overseas trip.

More ships, and make it fast

To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: It has been a portentous week for ships and shipbuilding for the two military services with bases in southeastern Connecticut. Both the Navy and the Coast Guard are telling Congress and their new commander-in-chief that new vessels need to be built and commissioned at a much faster rate.

Report: Trump brags to Russians about firing ‘nut job’ Comey

President Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, next to Russian Ambassador to the United States, Sergei Kislyak, at the White House in Washington on May 10. President Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, gives a thumbs-up as they walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Friday to board Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. WASHINGTON - President Trump bragged to two top Russian officials last week that firing "nut job" FBI Director James Comey eased "great pressure" on him, the New York Times reported today.