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    Whale struck by cargo ship between Tunisia and France

    The body of a dead whale, hooked on the bow of a cargo ship, is seen on June 2, in Marseille, France. The animal was hit by the vessel "Mont Ventoux" on the route between France and Tunisia and was discovered dead upon the arrival of the ship in the Seaport of Marseille.

  • Demolition of beached cargo ship on French coast to take three weeks

    Stephane Mahe / Reuters

    A crane dismantles the Maltese-registered cargo ship the TK Bremen on Kerminihy beach at Erdeven, in western France, Jan. 7. The TK Bremen ran aground on Kerminihy beach at Erdeven on the coast of Brittany during the winter storm Joachim on Dec. 16.

    Read the background on the TK Bremen in an earlier PhotoBlog post.

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    The beached TK Bremen cargo ship is broken apart at Erdeven, near Lorient, western France, Jan. 7. The demolition of the ship is expected to take three weeks.

     

    

  • Oily rescue at sea

    Taiwan Coast Guard / Reuters

    A handout photograph released on Nov. 13, shows a Chinese seaman being rescued by the Taiwan Coastguards in the sea near Lanyu Island, 47 miles off Taiwan's southeast coast on Nov.11. A search was launched off southern Japan for 20 Chinese seamen from a cargo ship that went missing on Thursday, with rescuers from Japan, China and Taiwan taking part. It was unclear what happened to the ship, the 17,000 ton Nasco Diamond, but empty rafts and oil slicks were seen near where the crew was rescued, about 210 miles south of Iriomote island, an official said.

    Taiwan Coast Guard / Reuters

    An oil-slicked Chinese crew member from a cargo ship is rescued by a Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel in the sea near Japan's southern island of Iriomote on Nov. 11.

    Taiwan Coast Guard / Reuters

    A Japan Coast Guard crew member rescues an oil-slicked Chinese crew member from a cargo ship cast off in the sea near Japan's southern island of Iriomote on Nov. 11.

    Taiwan Coast Guard / Reuters

    A handout photograph released on November 13, 2010 shows a Chinese seaman being rescued by Taiwan Coastguards in the sea near Lanyu Island on Nov. 11.

    Taiwan Coast Guard / Reuters

    A handout photograph released on Nov. 13, shows a Chinese seaman receiving water from a Taiwan Coastguard in the sea near Lanyu Island, off Taiwan's southeast coast, on Nov. 11.