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It's not only drones and driverless cars that may become the norm someday - ocean-faring ships might also run without captains or crews.

The Pentagon on Monday showed off the world's largest unmanned surface vessel, a self-driving 132-foot ship able to travel up to 10,000 nautical miles on its own to hunt for stealthy submarines and underwater mines.

Greek-interest merchant shipping fleet totaled 4,092 vessels in February 23, 2016, recording an increase of 35 vessels compared with the same period last year, the Greek Shipping Cooperation Committee said in a report.

The London-based Committee said that the data included 347 vessels currently ordered in international shipyards.

As tension in Syria has escalated, the number of ships in the Mediterranean Sea has increased. There are currently 34 Turkish ships, including 20 destroyer ships and 14 auxiliary ships, in the region, while Russia has 13 ships, including four destroyers and nine auxiliary ships

Ancient ship wreckage that has been found during archaeological excavations carried out as part of the Marmaray and subway constructions in Istanbul will return to sail the seas next year in replica form The "Yenikap?

The drop in the water levels is hampering the sailing on the Danube river near the Bulgarian town of Belene.

Tens of cargo ships have been waiting near Belene in order to make the passage through the shallow waters, private bTV station informs.

A presentation of designs for a new state-of-the-art museum for underwater antiquities at the port of Piraeus took place this week at the site where the new museum will be transformed from a current industrial site.
The presentation took place aboard a Liberty-class freighter now also serving as a floating museum.

Greek passenger ferry Melina II issued a distress signal on Tuesday after suffering engine failure off the coast of Syros amid high winds.

Two commercial ships nearby sought to assist the vessel and the coast guard arranged for a towboat to retrieve it.

The captain of the St. Vincent-flagged cargo ship Mare on Tuesday ordered his crew to abandon ship amid strong winds and choppy seas off the coast of the southern Aegean island of Crete, the state-run Athens Macedonia News Agency reported.

By Nikos Roussanoglou

Greek shipowners invested a total of 12.21 billion euros in the period from January to November 2014, either in ordering new ships from shipyards or on the acquisition of used vessels, according to Intermodal shipbrokers.

Tugboats were finally able on Friday to tow the ill-fated Norman Atlantic to the port of Brindisi in Italy, allowing rescue teams to search the Greek-hired passenger ferry that caught fire on Sunday as it was traveling from Greece to Italy.