When smoke filled the pilot’s cabins of the two Seattle fireboats fighting a pier fire on Lake Union earlier this month, firefighters donned oxygen masks so they could breathe. On the deck of one fireboat, the 80-year-old Alki, crew members twisted large, bright-red wheels by hand to aim water canno
The Steamship Authority’s Island Home, the 255-foot double-ended ferry built to replace the venerable Islander, slid sideways from builder VT Halter’s dock into the Escatawpa River at Moss Point, Miss., Friday morning, as a large crowd of shipyard workers and their families as well as local and Stea
Aker Kvaerner reports record high operating results in the period. The EBITDA for the second quarter was NOK 733 million, is an increase of 66 percent compared to the second quarter of 2005. New contract awards in the Subsea, Product & Technology segment and growth in existing contracts, resulted in
MAYPORT, FL — The Coast Guard is now examining a 670 foot ship that ran aground off the shores of Mayport. The Horizon Discovery, a container ship, ran into rocks at the Little Jetties Park off Ocean Street Tuesday night. Early reports indicate mechnical failure caused the problem. Coast Guard offic
The interesting thing about sailing in UK waters is that tide is much more important, far more so than current. As the tide floods to the east and ebbs to the west, this is no more important than at headlands, where tidal
ANCHORAGE, Alaska
The cargo removal operations on the Safmarine Agulhas were on Wednesday still halted due to bad weather, said Smith Salvage spokeswoman Clare Gomes.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says its decision to approve the extraction of 15 million cubic metres of sand from the Moreton Bay Marine Park is based on years of research. Caloundra city councillor and a former member of the Beach Protection Authority, Andrew Champion, has voiced concer
The Orion, an obsolete Navy repair vessel built in 1943, is scheduled to depart today from the James River Reserve Fleet off Newport News. The U.S. Maritime Administration expects to tow away the vessel at 9:30 a.m. It should pass under the James River Bridge about two hours later, depending on weat
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has reported a 36% jump in profits on the back of soaring world crude prices. The Anglo-Dutch firm said net profits measured by current cost of supply for the three months to 30 June were $6.3bn (
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JAKARTA, Indonesia – A strong earthquake rocked parts of Indonesia’s North and West Sumatra provinces Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of a tsunami. The 6.1-magnitude earthquake occurred at 6:16 p.m. and was centered under the Indian Ocean about 60 miles northwest off Nias island, said Luk
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has sued for the use of vessels for transporting crude oil. The corporation made the proposal to the Federal Government following the recent regular occurrence of pipeline vandalisation and the frequent kidnap of oil workers especially expatriates.
easyCruise just got easier … on the eyes. The outgrowth of easyGroup (the ubiquitous company also known for its Internet cafes, rental cars and even men’s toiletries) unveiled its “new look” today, which will debut onboard the upcoming easyCruiseTwo, the second vessel in the fleet. In a departure fr
