vessel
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The vessels were intercepted on Feb. 6 about 100 nautical miles northwest of Mumbai and were part of an “international oil-smuggling racket,” the Coast Guard said in an Instagram post.
The vessels tend to be old and are often poorly maintained.
From BBC
If approved, the transaction would cement Hapag-Lloyd’s position as the world’s fifth-largest container shipping company, with a fleet of more than 400 vessels.
From Barron's
In Tuesday’s statement, both the U.S. and the Philippines reiterated their commitment to the mutual-defense treaty, saying that the pact extended to armed attacks against either country’s forces, aircraft and vessels.
The Echo Park-based creative is also a professional ceramicist whose hand-built vessels and sculptures have been on display at the Japanese American National Museum of Art, Oxy Arts and the Oakland Museum of Art.
From Los Angeles Times
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