Fishermen in the South West have voiced concerns about a proposed bylaw for certain inshore vessels. Cornwall County Council’s sea fisheries committee has proposed a ban on any more boats that drag two or more nets.
On a bright June day last year, the 62-passenger Sea Bird glided through a narrow passage on the eastern fringe of the Inside Passage and anchored in an isolated inlet. There, far from the main channel, in a quiet corner of Alaska’s northern wilderness, six of the ship’s passengers climbed into an i
The largest private sailing yacht in the world is currently in downtown Auckland, its masts towering over the Princes Wharf apartments it is docked alongside. Named after the Greek goddess of wisdom, Athena is the pleasure craft of United States computer software billionaire Jim Clark.
The 15 Royal Navy personnel seized at gunpoint in the Gulf by Iran are reportedly being questioned in Tehran. Iranian armed forces spokesman Gen Ali Reza Afshar told Iranian radio the crew were being interrogated and had admitted being in Iranian waters.
Still looking deeply shocked by a nightmare on the high seas after their ship sank off the coast of northern Philippines Tuesday night, the 11 Chinese seamen still couldn’t believe that they had the luck to have a passing Indian ship to pick them up and bring them to Manila.
IMIA LLC of Theodore this week was awarded a $51.45 million contract to restore and paint nearly a dozen combat submarines for the U.S. Navy. The work will be performed in Virginia at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. It is expected to start in the next few months and be complete in March 2008, said Mike
Over 2006 Van Oord realised a turnover of EUR 1,516 million (2005: EUR 1,002 million). The net profit of EUR 89 million was more than double that of 2005 (EUR 42 million). The company has been able to benefit considerably from the favourable market circumstances. In addition, the human resources and
With its sleek Mega-Cruiser design, the Wally is the Maybach of yachts: the top luxury brand for the world’s rich and famous. Now Wally’s founder Luca Bassani has outdone himself — with the 99-meter long ‘Wally Island.’
THE Japanese whaling ship that caught fire and was stranded near the Antarctic coast returned to port today with a haul of 508 whales after cutting short its trip.
The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan pulled into port in Busan on Thursday in preparation for the upcoming Reception Staging Onward Movement and Integration/Foal Eagle exercises.
Gunmen in Nigeria have kidnapped the security manager of a German construction company in the oil capital, Port Harcourt, police say.
Victorian tourism bosses have hailed the announcement of Melbourne’s first cruise liner service, set to start next year. Princess Cruises’ 77,000-ton superliner Dawn Princess – which can hold 1,950 passengers – will begin eight cruises out of Melbourne from November 2008.
Transas Marine UK recently received an order from the Port of Larne to upgrade and enhance their Transas Navi-Harbour VTS system. The original system was supplied by Transas in June 2002 and over the last five years has operated continually, providing Port Control with uninterrupted operation.
The 15 British Navy personnel captured at gunpoint in the Gulf serve on board HMS Cornwall, a Type-22 Broadsword-class frigate. That vessel arrived in the northern Gulf on 12 March.
