Chinese-built deepwater port in Nigeria welcomes largest-ever container vessel

STORY: Chinese-built deepwater port in Nigeria welcomes largest-ever container vessel SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 29, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: LAGOS, Nigeria CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of CMA CGM Scandola arriving at the Lekki Deep Sea Port 2. various of the welcoming event 3. SOUNDBITE (English): BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU, Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria 3. various of the Lekki Deep Sea Port (file) STORYLINE: The Chinese-built Lekki Deep Sea Port, the first of its kind in Nigeria, received Monday the largest container vessel that has ever docked in the country, marking a milestone for Nigeria's maritime trade. The container ship received by the Lekki Deep Sea Port is a liquefied natural gas-powered vessel with a capacity of 14,812 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), setting a new size record while also highlighting the maritime facility's capacity to handle vessels of such magnitude. SOUNDBITE (English): BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU, Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria "It is something

Iran rejects involvement in recent attacks on Israeli-linked ships

STORY: Iran rejects involvement in recent attacks on Israeli-linked ships SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 27, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani STORYLINE: Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Monday rejected Iran's involvement in the recent attacks on Israeli-linked vessels in the Red Sea. Kanaani said such incidents "have no relation to the Islamic Republic of Iran," adding that Yemen's Houthis had claimed responsibility for the seizure of the first Israeli ship on Nov. 19. In a statement on Nov. 19, the Houthis announced "a military operation in the Red Sea ... the results of which included the seizure of an Israeli ship." The statement said the group would continue to carry out military operations against Israel until "its aggression against the Gaza Strip stops." On Sunday, another vessel, the Liberian-flagged Central Park, which is managed by a Britain-based ship management f

Japan sees 1st foreign cruise ship arrival in 3 years amid pandemic

A foreign cruise ship docked in a Shizuoka Prefecture port Wednesday to become the first such vessel to arrive in Japan in about three years following a government-mandated suspension of cruises due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 29,000-ton ship, which departed Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands on Feb. 25, is scheduled to leave Shizuoka for Tokyo on Wednesday night. Acceptance of foreign cruise ships was suspended in March 2020 following a mass coronavirus outbreak on the Diamond Princess, which caused thousands to be quarantined in Yokohama in February 2020 and left 13 of the over 700 infected crew and passengers dead.

Gas from methane hydrate offshore

Gas from methane hydrate offshore

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel "Chikyu" in the Pacific off Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 12, 2013. The vessel succeeded the same day in its trial to extract natural gas from methane hydrate in the seabed in Pacific waters off central Japan, the first such case in the world.

Gas from methane hydrate offshore

Gas from methane hydrate offshore

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel "Chikyu" in the Pacific off Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 12, 2013. The vessel succeeded the same day in its trial to extract natural gas from methane hydrate in the seabed in Pacific waters off central Japan, the first such case in the world.

Japan begins antipiracy mission off Somalia, escorts 5 ships

Japan begins antipiracy mission off Somalia, escorts 5 ships

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sazanami is seen moving in the Gulf of Aden on March 30. The vessel is one of two Japanese destroyers that began an antipiracy mission off the coast of Somalia the same day, marking the start of the first such mission abroad for the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. The other Japanese destroyer is the 4,550-ton Samidare. (Courtesy of the Defense Ministry)(Kyodo)

China naval vessel sails near Senkakus, Japan vows to protect isles

China naval vessel sails near Senkakus, Japan vows to protect isles

File photo taken in June 2011 shows Kuba Island, part of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea that are claimed by China. Japan confirmed that a Chinese frigate entered a zone northeast of Kuba Island just outside Japanese territorial waters in the early hours of June 9, 2016, the first time a Chinese naval vessel has been spotted in such a contiguous zone. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Capsule returns to Earth in milestone for Japanese space missions

Capsule returns to Earth in milestone for Japanese space missions

Hirohiko Uematsu (R), technology director of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, poses with another JAXA official during a press conference at the agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture on Nov. 11, 2018. JAXA retrieved a capsule ejected from a space cargo vessel that returned to Earth the previous day bringing back experiment samples from the International Space Station in Japan's first such mission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese re-entry capsule

Japanese re-entry capsule

File photo taken on Aug. 20, 2018, in Ibaraki Prefecture shows a mockup of a re-entry capsule that was loaded onto the Kounotori7 Japanese unmanned cargo vessel that was docked to the International Space Station on Sept. 27 following the launch Sept. 23 of an H-2B rocket from Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture. The Kounotori7 carrying the capsule is scheduled to be detached from the ISS on Nov. 8 and the capsule only will return on Nov. 11, bringing back experiment samples to Earth, the first such mission for the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo