The ship’s predicament shows the ripple effects of U.S. moves to control more of Venezuela’s oil riches.

Ingka is investing in electric and alternative-fuel vehicles to increase the proportion of home deliveries it fulfills with zero-emissions vehicles from 40% to 90% by 2028.

To date, the Great Lakes as a whole are just shy of 15% ice coverage, up from the 10% average for this time of year.

The idea is simple: Replace trucks with short-sea shipping where sail freight offers the highest emissions-reduction potential.

At least 11 ships chartered by the U.S. oil major are scheduled to arrive in the Venezuelan government-controlled ports of Jose and Bajo Grande later in January.

The vessels that definitely exited the Latin American nation’s territorial waters were transporting about 4 million barrels of crude and fuel.

The quick onset of wintery conditions has forced the USCG and the CCG to prioritize the use of their icebreaker ships for the removal of buoys and floating navigational equipment.

The sanctions represent the latest move in President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign against Maduro over alleged drug trafficking operations.

The suspected sabotage of cables in the Baltic Sea represents part of a hybrid war carried out by Russia against western countries.

Shipwrecks remain a feature of ocean-borne international trade, often producing strange flotsam in unexpected places.