Crowds packed vantage points along a major canal and took to the water themselves Wednesday to watch a flotilla of hundreds ...

Crowds packed vantage points along a major canal and took to the water themselves on Wednesday to watch a flotilla of ...

And yes, one of those safeguards is to honk a ship's horn three times in succession. If you've spent any time on the docks, you've no doubt heard that sound with some regularity.

A cargo ship filled with grain has docked in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, an area badly affected by deadly drought and conflict.