After more than eight weeks of operations in the Red Sea, the German frigate Hessen returned to its home port on Sunday. The Defence Ministry said the 143-metre-long warship had safely escorted 27 commercial vessels through the critical maritime corridor that connects Europe and Asia. The ministry said the crew of the frigate successfully fended off four attacks launched by Yemen's Houthi militia using drones and missiles. The Hessen had around 240 servicemen and women on board and was accompani
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A 200-ton piece of the bridge was removed from the crash site on Saturday as crews continued to clear the debris from the bridge, which collapsed when it was struck by a cargo ship last week.
The U.S. Coast Guard is preparing to establish a temporary alternate channel for commercially essential vessels near the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, officials said Sunday. “This will mark an important first step along the road to reopening the port of Baltimore,” Coast Guard Capt. David O’Connell, the federal on-scene coordinator for the…
Britain will deploy its HMS Diamond warship to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to take over from HMS Richmond in defending commercial shipping in the region, the government said on Tuesday. "Britain continues to be at the forefront of the international response to the Houthis' dangerous attacks on commercial vessels, which have claimed the lives of international mariners," Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said in a statement.