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Monday, 15 June 2020

BBC News

• HMM Algeciras: World's biggest container ship arrives in EssexThe completion of HMM Algeciras' maiden voyage is a

Financial Times

• How coronavirus is changing global shipping routesThe pandemic has put intense pressure on the flow of ships from Asia to the west

Times Online

• Port hails HMM Algeciras, the world’s biggest cargo ship [Subscription]The world’s biggest container ship arrived in the UK for the first time yesterday.

City AM

• World's largest container ship docks on the ThamesThe world’s largest container ship has concluded its maiden voyage to the UK, anchoring at the DP World London Gateway The post World's largest container ship docks on the Thames appeared first on CityAM.

Mail Online

• The 'iceberg that sunk the Titanic': Looming mound of ice pictured by captain of passing shipCaptain W Wood of the SS Etonian claimed he captured a picture of the same iceberg that the Titanic struck on April 12, 1912 - two days before the historic disaster which claimed 1,522 lives.

C.N.N.

• Three US Navy aircraft carriers are patrolling the Pacific Ocean at the same time. And China's not happyThe deployment of three 100,000-ton US Navy aircraft carriers to the Pacific Ocean for the first time in years has drawn swift reaction from China, with state-sponsored media saying Beijing will not back down to defend its interests in the region.