Barge

A ship towing a barge loaded with food arrived off Gaza on Friday, witnesses said, in a test run for a new aid route by sea from Cyprus into the devastated Palestinian enclave where famine looms after five months of Israel's military campaign.

A ship transporting almost 200 tons of food to Gaza left a port in Cyprus early on Tuesday in a pilot project to open a new sea route for aid to a population on the brink of famine.

The charity ship Open Arms sailed out of Larnaca port in Cyprus, towing a barge containing flour, rice and protein.

As oil continued to seep into the ocean during the peak tourist season, officials confirmed last week that at least two vessels, the barge and a tugboat, were involved in the incident

The Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center is a five-story jail barge that stretches the length of two football fields, resembling a container ship stacked with cargo

Eleven people were killed when a barge and a crowded catamaran collided in Russia's Volga River, pitching people off the sailboat and into the water.

Emergency Situations Ministry officials said rescue operations ended on June 12 when searchers found the body of the 11th victim, a woman.

The Freestyler barge night club on the Sava River in Belgrade has been set on fire, the police confirmed on Tuesday.

There were no guests aboard the barge at the time and nobody was injured.

This summer's long-lasting drought has changes the appearance of the banks of the Sava River in Belgrade.

Due to low water, many barges and boats are now stranded on dry land.