1.   The truck, which was carrying galvanized steel, struck the median wall under the Ashford Dunwoody Road bridge and caught fire, the Georgia Department of Transportation said.

2.   The ship was carrying steel from Russia to Malaysia, and both vessels sustained considerable damage, the officials said.

3.   The St. Vincent-flagged Medtrader, carrying steel from Romania to an Italian port, sank near Skopelos.

4.   A freight train carrying steel crashed into a passenger train near the town of Japeri, a railroads spokesman said.