“HIJACKING” MYSTERY,a ship 'Arctic Sea' boarded by up to 10 armed men while still in Baltic on passage from Finland to Algeria.

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A reported tug has become the seventh vessel to be attacked by pirates off Mangkai Island in the South China Sea this year.

Tourism Bureau est'd that local tourism industry suffered at least NT$800 million in losses due to Typhoon Morakot's lashing of the island.

風災過後,首日有些忙 ...午安!

**驚人雨量使屏東林邊變河內**不忍！

Asian shipping lines suffer heavy blow.

CWB said Morakot rainfall in Pingtung County could hit as high as 2,500 millimeters, a record in any area over the Is. in the past 50 years.

7月海關進出口統計，7月出口總值172.7億美元，是九個月以來新高，雖仍較去年同期衰退24.4%，減幅則是近八個月最低，顯示台灣主要貿易國的經濟情勢已擺脫谷底，有助台灣出口穩健回升。

to lay up or not to lay up? that has been the question from last year for work starved shipowners.