A Stuck Ship

By Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2021], processed by Pierre Markuse – Container Ship ‘Ever Given’ stuck in the Suez Canal, Egypt – March 24th, 2021, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=102400564
Pirate Ships?

If you thought pirate ships were home to loud pirates with eye patches and swords, news flash! Times have changed. Today, pirate ships are fast boats that attack lonely ships out on the ocean and take both the people and the goods hostage. Last year, more than 135 ships were seized by pirates, and mostly in the Gulf of Guinea near West Africa. The country of Denmark is now fighting back. How, exactly? Since it’s not the 1800s with old-time pirate ships, they’ll send a helicopter to patrol the waters and escort ships, and even perform rescue operations after attacks.
Cruise Ships

If people can fly on airplanes during COVID times, can they take cruise ships too? Not if you’re in America. The option to take a fun cruise from the United States to other countries has paused for more than a year now, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued strict rules on when cruise ships can operate normally again. Many cruise ships are still docked on land, waiting to get back on the water with vacationers. Why are cruise ships different? For one, they travel for many days at sea, unlike airplanes, which take no more than twenty-four hours to reach their destinations. Plus, air travel could be for emergency reasons, while cruise ships are purely for vacation purposes. As people spend more time in close quarters mingling on cruise ships, there are more chances of spreading the virus. But now, companies like Carnival Cruise are threatening to pull out of the United States’ ports if they aren’t allowed to start operating soon.