Ypiranga incident Ypiranga incident The "Ypiranga" Incident occurred on April 21, 1914, at the port of Veracruz in Mexico. The SS "Ypiranga" was a German steamer that was commissioned to transport arms and munitions to the Mexican federal government under Victoriano Huerta. The United States had placed Mexico under an arms embargo to stifle the flow of weaponry to the war-torn state, then in the throes of civil war, forcing Huerta's government to look to Europe for armaments. "Ypiranga" tried to enter the harbor at Veracruz to unload on the first day of the US occupation but was detained by US troops
German Port Museum Representative for Cultural and Media Affairs (Bundes Kultur Media, BKM)", said the Project Leader. Project Manager "German Harbour Museum" German Port Museum The German Port Museum ("Deutsches Hafenmuseum") is a planned nationally funded museum to open in Hamburg. The German Federal Parliament’s budget committee approved initial funding of € 94 million to build. The museum intends to display the commercial and economic history of Germany's largest port, and wider issues of globalization and worldwide trade. "In fact, the Peking and a Hadag ferry are already important elements, which we think in connection with the new museum. The new building, however,