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  • Coast Guard Frees Tanker Ship From East Rockaway Inlet

    11 November 2006

    A tanker ship that ran aground off Long Island is now afloat, according to NewsChannel 4 News. It was freed from the bottom of East Rockaway inlet just after midnight and is now headed to a pier in New York harbor to undergo inspection.

  • Ice-trapped Britons on move again

    18 November 2009

    A Russian cruise ship stuck in ice off Antarctica with more than 100 mainly UK tourists on board has started to move. The icebreaker Captain Khlebnikov became trapped in frozen waters in a bay near Snow Hill island on Friday.

  • Tamil Tigers launch naval attack

    24 May 2007

    Tamil Tiger rebels say they have killed 35 Sri Lankan sailors in a sea attack on a navy base on the Jaffna peninsula in the north of the country. A rebel spokesman said they overran the base on the island of Delft and the fighting lasted only 20 minutes.

  • African migrant boat in disaster

    24 October 2007

    The bodies of at least seven Africans have been found in a boat off the Canary Islands, Spanish officials say. A sole survivor was found in the open-topped boat, but the Spanish interior ministry said up to 50 other people were missing.

  • Clipper 05-06: A true Jersey welcome awaits

    10 July 2006

    Now that the ten Clipper yachts are racing across the Atlantic the committee backing the Jersey campaign are working hard to create a memorable stopover for the crews and any visiting friends, relatives and supporters. The tiny Channel Island may be small but the welcome that awaits is big

  • Flinders gets third shipping operator

    12 January 2010

    A third operator has entered the Flinders Island shipping market. The Furneaux Navigator arrived in Bridport yesterday to become new operator Furneaux Freight’s flagship. It came as the Government confirmed it had put in place “tougher measures” to ensure Southern Shipping co-operated with an audit of its books.

  • Maritime New Zealand Reports Oil Leak from Sunken Part of Rena

    12 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Swells around the Astrolabe Reef are continuing to prevent salvors from diving on the wreck to assess the damage caused through Rena’s break-up and partial sinking of the stern, Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) says. MNZ Salvage Unit Manager David Billington said the current swell was around 2m, with a maximum wave height of 4m. The […]

  • Disabled Fishing Vessel Towed to Port

    3 April 2006

    Anchorage, AK. – The 174-foot catcher/processor Blue North is currently under tow by the tug James Dunlap west of Spray Cape, Unalaska Island. They are headed to Dutch Harbor at a speed of 8 knots. Estimated time of arrival in Dutch Harbor is 10 p.m. today.

  • Britons injured by Arctic glacier

    9 August 2007

    A group of British holidaymakers were injured on a sightseeing ship in the Arctic when ice fell from a glacier. A total of 17 British passengers were injured, two seriously, along with one crew member, off the Svalbard Islands, 500km (310 miles) north of Norway.

  • ABN AMRO dogfight

    17 January 2006

    Having passed the Eclipse Island waypoint and collected 3.5 points Mike Sanderson and team aboard ABN AMRO ONE are still leading the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race but the ever-threatening teammates aboard ABN AMRO TWO are just two miles astern.

  • Into the light

    13 January 2006

    ABN AMRO ONE has only 473 nautical miles to go before reaching the second scoring gate at Eclipse Island this morning, but in the last six hours the yacht has slowed to below ten knots, with wind speeds of around five knots from the north.

  • Holden Beach Gets New Sand (USA)

    27 April 2010

    Holden Beach has received a 4,500-foot long, 150-foot wide stretch of new sand thanks to the dredging of the Lockwood Folly Inlet between Holden and Oak Island, according to Holden Beach Town Manager David Hewett… [mappress] Source:thesunnews,April 27,2010;

  • New Pelamis machine takes a dip

    21 May 2010

    A new offshore generating system is starting a test programme at the European Marine Energy Centre in the Orkney Islands after being launched by E.On UK. Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond launched the device, named Vagr Atferd P2 – Norse for wave power – at the Port of Leith in Edinburgh.

  • Eight dead in Indonesian tsunami

    16 July 2006

    At least eight people have been killed in a tsunami triggered by an earthquake off the island of Java, relief workers have said. The earthquake, which had a magnitude of 7.2, struck off the town of Pangandaran at 1519 local time (0819 GMT), causing a two-metre-high wave.

  • Haiti crossing death toll rises

    8 May 2007

    The capsized boat was towed ashore Survivors on the boat The bodies of 54 Haitian migrants have been recovered after their boat capsized in shark-infested waters near the Turks and Caicos Islands. At least 73 of the 150 people believed to have been on board on the boat have been rescued.

  • Movistar decides on pitstop

    15 January 2006

    Bouwe Beking and team aboard movistar have decided to take a pitstop at Eclipse Island to take on essential equipment in order to secure their damaged keel ram. So far the team has been able to make a successful jury repair, but to complete this satisfactorily, they need some additional equipment.

  • IGY and NCP announce partnership to develop Croatia’s first megayacht marina

    20 November 2007

    Island Global Yachting (IGY), one of the world’s premier owners, developers and managers of luxury marinas and yachting lifestyle destinations and Nautical Center Prgin (NCP), one of Croatia’s leading marine industry companies, announced today a joint venture to develop Croatia’s first dedicated megayacht marina.

  • Woodside’s Gemtree offshore drilling plan open for comment

    28 February 2020

    The Australian offshore safety regulator NOPSEMA has invited public comments for Woodside’s proposed Gemtree-A well drilling program.

  • LQT Industries builds accommodation unit for Sakhalin platform

    10 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    LQT Industries, LLC has built and commissioned a subarctic aluminum accommodation facility to be used by a global energy company on a drilling platform off the coast of Sakhalin Island, Russia. The facility consists of ten aluminum modular units made up of living quarters, recreation rooms, and utility rooms to accommodate ninety-six personnel on a […]

  • VIDEO: First Mariner topside module installed

    11 July 2017

    Norwegian oil company Statoil on Saturday, July 8, 2017 installed the first of eight topside modules at the Mariner field, offshore the UK. The 10 000 tonne utility module was lifted into place by Saipem 7000. Seven more modules and a flare will be installed, building the more than 38 000 tonne heavy Mariner topside. […]

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (13-17 of Apr)

    19 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Oleg Naydenov Sinks off Canary Islands A Russian trawler Oleg Naydenov sank some 15 miles off Punta Maspalomas, the Canary Islands, at around 22:45 local time Tuesday, Spain’s Salvamento Maritimo reports…. Read more Three Dockworkers Die in Antwerp Three dockworkers died on Saturday in Antwerp, Belgium, after entering a ship’s hold to unload coal where […]

  • Wind Farm Vessels Face Difficulties Off East Anglia

    22 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Yarmouth Coastguard has coordinated the response for two vessels working at offshore windfarms involved in separate incidents off the east coast of England on November 21. Windcat 9 issued a VHF DSC Mayday this evening offshore from Humber and reported that they were taking in water. Yarmouth Coastguard requested the launch of Humber and Cleethorpes […]

  • Maersk Tankers Linked to Sale of Two MR1 Oldies

    20 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Tankers, part of Denmark’s shipping conglomerate Maersk, has disposed of two older MR1 tankers, VesselsValue’s data shows. The ships in question are the 2000-built Maersk Rapier and the 2002-built Maersk Rhode Island, both constructed at CSSC OME shipyard in China. As disclosed by VesselsValue, the 35,000 dwt Maersk Rapier and the 34,800 dwt Maersk Rhode […]

  • UK Drafts GBP 60 Million Round Three CfD Budget

    21 November 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has issued a draft budget notice amounting to GBP 60 million for the third Contracts for Difference (CfD) round.

  • Crown Estate Scotland Links Locals with Offshore Renewables

    4 April 2019
    Research & Development

    The Crown Estate Scotland has issued a new study said to help coastal and island communities across Scotland benefit from local offshore renewable energy solutions. Carried out by Everoze, the study looked at six scenarios linked to a number of renewable technologies such as floating wind, wave, and tidal energy, aiming to provide a potential way […]