51.   German warships began patrolling the shipping lanes in early February.

52.   Germany is taking command of an anti-terrorist naval task force patrolling shipping lanes off the Horn of Africa, replacing the United States, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

53.   He also accused the rebels of robbing commercial ships passing through the Straits of Mallacca, a busy shipping lane between Sumatra island and Malaysia.

54.   He said the yacht was not currently in any shipping lanes.

55.   Iran has rejected arbitration as a means to end the long-running dispute over the islands, located near strategic Gulf shipping lanes.

56.   It was taking steps to protect its commercial shipping lanes and offshore oil installations, he said.

57.   Japan also depends completely on imported oil that arrives through shipping lanes in the South China Sea to power its economy.

58.   Most islands in the Spratlys, a chain of atolls and reefs that straddles important shipping lanes in the South China Sea, have no permanent inhabitants.

59.   Sea conditions were said to be moderate off Barfleur, which is close to the Cherbourg peninsula and some of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.

60.   Sea conditions were moderate off Barfleur, which is close to the Cherbourg peninsula and some of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.