One of ten suspected Somali pirates, captured by the US Navy early this year, yesterday accused the US of torture at the opening of a trial intended to deter rampant piracy off Somalia
A 19,800 dwt stainless steel chemical tanker vessel is the 60th ship being built with Germanischer Lloyd class at Qingshan Shipyard. The 10th anniversary of close cooperation between Qingshan Shipyard and Germanischer Lloyd is being celebrated today with a ceremony attended by more than 100 guests.
Two crucial tasks for the U.S. Navy are to provide security for sea lines of communication (SLOCs), and to defend the U.S. homeland from afar. But the shape of the landscape for 21 st century sea power is changing fast — figuratively and literally. China’s growing naval strength — especially submari
Security barriers in the water around the docks at Port Everglades no longer will be regularly used to protect oil tankers from a seaborne terrorist attack like the one that damaged the USS Cole in 2000. County commissioners, who are in charge of the port, say the change never was discussed with the
Big oil has been pressing Congress for years to expand its rights to drill for domestic offshore oil and gas, with little to show for its efforts. But with tensions in the Middle East and gasoline prices at home rising, the industry
Five Miami-based cruise ships have changed their itineraries to avoid Tropical Storm Chris. (Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas, Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas, Carnival Cruise Lines’ Valor, Carnival’s Triumph, Carnival’s Elation.) Forecasters have issued a hurricane watch for the southe
The Federal Opposition has condemned a Government plan to hold illegal fisherman and asylum seekers intercepted in Australia waters for up to a month on a prison ship. Customs is searching for a vessel that can be converted to hold up 30 detainees and be armed with mounted machine guns. The ship wil
The Swan Hunter shipyard could yet see the return of shipbuilding work after owner Jaap Kroese said he would be bidding for a contract with a Scandinavian company. Just two weeks since the RFA Lyme Bay vessel was towed away from Swan’s Wallsend yard in an unfinished state after rows over costs with
Turkey`s fishing industry will appeal to the nation`s highest court in Ankara to reverse a decision letting an asbestos-covered ship into Turkish waters. The Marmara Union of Fisheries Cooperatives and Nature Warriors environmentalist group say the asbestos-covered Mexican ship Otopan — due to be to
A man who was killed while working to stabilize a dangerously listing ship off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on Sunday was an Issaquah resident. Marty Johnson, a naval architect, was a part of a four-member salvage group working on the abandoned Cougar Ace when he slipped and fell, the Coast Guard said.
IRISH Marine Minister John Browne T.D., speaking yesterday at Greencastle Harbour in Donegal, called on vessels owners to consider availing of the second round of the Decommissioning Scheme for whitefish vessels. This scheme aims to bring about a viable future for the seafood industry by reducing th
Panamanian-flagged cargo vessel was seized by U.S. marshals Wednesday after 10 crew members sued to obtain a combined $33,159 in wages they say they are owed. U.S. marshals on Wednesday seized the Panamanian-flagged cargo vessel Antares at Port Everglades after some crew members filed a lawsuit alle
Golden Ocean Group Limited (“GOGL”) is pleased to advise that an agreement has been reached with Clipper Bulk Shipping Ltd. to take over the bareboat agreements for a fleet of 5 Panamax Bulkers. The vessels are: Clipper Jade, built 1994; Clipper Jasmine, built 1994; Clipper Joy, built 1994; Clipper
Ahmedabad: The Norwegian cruise liner Blue Lady has got a green signal from a Supreme Court appointed panel for dismantling at a shipyard in Gujarat, officials said. A team constituted by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) inspected the vessel and gave it the all-clear in its report to the S
