ANCHORAGE, Alaska That cargo ship that’s practically on its side off the coast of Alaska keeps drifting slowly. But it’s unlikely to hit anything, since in the direction it’s moving, the nearest land is 16-hundred miles away.
The grounded Safmarine Agulhas is an unsalvageable wreck and the rest of its cargo cannot be removed, the National Port Authority (NPA) said. Terry Taylor, the NPA East London spokesperson, said it was too dangerous for salvors to remove the remaining 90 containers from the flooded holds. The 19-yea
Miami – Authorities are investigating the disappearance of a US woman from a cruise ship sailing along the coast of Italy, relatives said. Family members identified the woman as Elizabeth Kay Galeana, 22, of Naples, Florida, who was reported missing on Tuesday from Royal Caribbean’s Voyager of the S
Fort Pierce — Two men were being held without bond Saturday after powder cocaine worth more than $16.4 million was seized from their fishing boat on its way to Florida from the Bahamas. The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the vessel driven by Tristan Michael Seymour, 22, of Freeport, Bahamas, and Quincy Na
WASHINGTON — Pacific Northwest senators are divided by party as the Senate prepares to vote on a bill to open a large area of the central Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling. Democrats Ron Wyden of Oregon and Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray of Washington state oppose the bill, which would allow t
Shazard Mohammed was a coward who braved fishing at sea during the night to provide an extra income for his wife and infant child, said his relatives. So when he heard the throbbing engine of a boat approaching in the dark, he reacted as he always did. He weighed anchor and fled. Mohammed, 25, of [&
A/S Dampskibsselskabet Torm, a Danish shipping company, is selling three of its tankers for a total of $63 million. The move is part of Torm’s strategy of selling older bulk vessels so it can build its fleet of bigger Panamax bulk vessels, the 117-year-old Copenhagen company said Friday. Torm did no
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General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) , today held a keel- laying ceremony for the fourth ship in the U.S. Navy’s T-AKE program. The ship is named USNS Richard E. Byrd in honor of the U.S. Navy admiral who explored the South Pole and Antarctica. It will be
Channel 9 has learned the first wave of lawsuits against Princess Cruise Lines have been filed and hundreds more are expected. An attorney said some passengers may get millions of dollars. The Crown Princess suddenly tilted 15 degrees to the side for about 30 seconds as it left Port Canaveral on its
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A disabled, crewless ship loaded with nearly 5,000 autos has crossed into U.S. waters, drifting Friday toward Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. The Cougar Ace was still listing sideways as it floated in choppy seas about 150 miles south of Atka Island, the Coast Guard said. The 654-foot
The four boaters who abandoned ship earlier this week after their sailboat hit a whale are back on dry land. They arrived this morning in Honolulu aboard a fishing vessel that helped with the rescue. The rescued boaters arrived on Pier 38 aboard the Kami M. And for one of them this was truly a [&hel
Terry Waiting BARROW shipyard will get a share of
The number of working energy rigs in the Gulf of of Mexico is 96, up three from last week, according to Baker Hughes Inc. The offshore count is still down by 10 from the same time last year. The U.S. rig count rose by 31 in the last week to 1,714 and is up 302 […]
