31.   Several rebel boats first tried to enter the port, but navy guns opened fire and sank three of them.

32.   Ships entered ports but were unable to unload their cargo.

33.   Several small rebel boats first tried to enter the port, but navy guns opened fire, sinking three of them, the Defense Ministry said.

34.   The Constanta port administration said ships were forbidden to enter the ports to discharge their goods until the storm had ceased.

35.   The European Union Commission decided Wednesday to take France and Ireland to court for not conducting enough inspections of ships entering their ports.

36.   The Constanta port administration said ships were forbidden to enter the ports until the storm had ceased.

37.   The door was not reopened until Sunday, when the boat entered Pasajes port in northern Spain.

38.   The environmental action group Greenpeace blocked a U.S. cargo ship trying to enter port Sunday, claiming it carried genetically modified soya beans.

39.   The frigate USS Vandegrift returned to Japan on Thursday, the first of four Navy vessels to enter home port after supporting the war against terrorism.

40.   The police official did not say what maritime laws the captains had violated, but officials previously have said the ships entered the port without approval.