Coastguards and anti-pollution teams are on alert after a ship carrying potentially dangerous chemicals was beached off the Devon coast. The MSC Napoli, which was holed in storms on Thursday, was run aground following “serious structural failure”.
Gulf Navigation Holding has set its sights on a capacity expansion of close to 30 per cent in 2007. After the acquisition of six double hulled product tankers at the end of last year, and the successful conclusion of their financing arrangement for the six tankers and two chemical tankers to be buil
ART Marine, a leading Marine Hospitality Company in the Middle East, will have a larger presence than ever at this year’s Boat Show. This follows the huge success in terms of sales and popularity encountered during the Dubai International Boat Show 2006, said company officials.
The beaches of the Gower Peninsula have been damaged by offshore dredging, environmentalists claim — but the Welsh Assembly is refusing to ban the practice. More than 500,000 cubic metres of sand have been taken from Helwick Bank, which lies two miles off the Gower Peninsula, since large-scale dredg
A stricken container ship is sheltering off the Devon coast after it was holed in the English Channel. The London-based MSC Napoli was stranded about 50 miles off the Lizard, Cornwall on Thursday.
Anti-pollution teams are on standby after a massive ship carrying potentially dangerous chemicals beached one mile off the Devon coast. The MSC Napoli, which was holed in the English Channel on Thursday, is carrying 2,394 containers.
The Ferretti Group, one of the leading companies in the world within the sphere of designing and building luxury motor yachts and sporting boats, will be at Boot 2007 with an incredible fleet of 11 motoryachts exhibited at a smart, exclusive new stand. The Ferretti Group will consolidate its leaders
Royal Navy rescuers who saved 26 men from a life-raft after they abandoned their ship have described the conditions they endured as horrific. Crewmembers from the MSC Napoli were rescued by helicopters from RNAS Culdrose after the ship was holed in storms 50 miles (80km) off Cornwall.
At least 60 people are feared drowned after their boat capsized in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Police say more than 80 people were on board the vessel, most of them pilgrims on their way to a religious festival.
A CONTAINER ship collided with another ship and sank at the mouth of the Yangtze River last night due to poor visibility caused by dense fog. The 14 crew members on board were rescued hours after they were pulled into the cold water in the accident, said the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration’s
after hitting rocks, has prompted a series of safety seminars in Northern Ireland. The family of Conor Bogues, whose body has never been found, called for more to be done to protect fishermen after the tragedy a year ago.
Hawaii Superferry Inc. confirmed Thursday night that its first ferry has successfully moved from drydock onto a barge, the first stage of launching it. The 100-meter vessel has been under construction at the Austal shipyard in Mobile, Ala., since June 2004.
Luna Rossa ITA 94 was launched today from the Team base. As in the past editions Miuccia Prada was the godmother of the event. At 11.30 a.m. she smashed a bottle of Gran Cuvée Brut 2002, a Franciacorta from the Bellavista wine cellars, on the bow of the new boat.
The operation to salvage a British freighter abandoned by its crew after it was holed and took on water 50 miles (80km) off Cornwall is continuing. The 26 crewmembers of the 62,000-tonne MSC Napoli were rescued by two helicopters from RNAS Culdrose. No-one suffered major injuries.
