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• n  a cargo ship

• In the holds of the 4,310-ton French freighter La Coubre, were 76 tons of Belgian artillery shells, grenades and small arms ammunition.
• It may have looked like just another sluggish freighter, but the Faina's cargo of tanks put the buccaneers in the eye of an international storm.
• The pirates who seized a Ukrainian freighter on Friday may have netted one of their biggest prizes in more than 15 years of terrorizing the Somali coastline the vessel was .

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• merchantman
• merchant ship

News & Articles

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• Freighter with pig iron grounds in Mississippi R
  The Coast Guard says a 750-foot freighter loaded with pig iron grounded in the lower Mississippi River, impeding traffic for several hours.
  June 11, 2013 - KPLC Lake Charles
• Freighter with pig iron grounds in Mississippi R - KALB-TV News Channel 5 & CBS 2
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Coast Guard says a 750-foot freighter loaded with pig iron grounded in the lower Mississippi River, impeding traffic for several hours.
  June 11, 2013 - KALB Alexandria
• Traffic resumes on Mississippi River after freighter grounds
  The Coast Guard says a 750-foot freighter loaded with pig iron grounded in the lower Mississippi River, impeding traffic for several hours.
  June 11, 2013 - FOX 8 New Orleans

Quotes

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• Alan Mulally in WebWire (press release)
  We are very pleased that ANA has chosen the 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter and will be our first customer for this important new addition to our freighter familysaid Alan Mulally, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "The...
• Arnold Schwarzenegger in BBC News
  The A330-200Fis a fantastically productive and fuel efficient aircraft that will stand Flyington Freighters it in good stead. The A330-200F has more lift, more range and better flexibility than any other freighter in its class. We're delighted that... John Leahy http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leahy&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGxqGBUjgMJMDTIrHe73MKC8CUEmQ Sky Control (press release) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.skycontrol.net/business-general-aviation/flyington-freighters-order-six-additional-airbus-a330-200f-aircraft/&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGMAVlKsqJH_cnGDUAPnsduW-m-cw Jun 20, 2007 39893 51285 fremont California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said: Today is a sad day in the history of Fremont as California joins the ranks of states adversely affected by the worldwide collapse in demand for automobiles."