GROTON, Conn. — With the crack of a champagne bottle, the newest high-tech nuclear U.S. submarine was christened Saturday. The U.S.S. Hawaii had its ceremonial launching at Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, where the $2.6 billion boat was constructed. Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle broke the traditional b
In the covered building dock of Meyer Werft in Papenburg, one of a total of 67 steel blocks of the new 93,500-gt cruise vessel
KINGS POINT, N.Y. — It is a U.S. service academy situated just outside New York City. Its graduates have fought and died in all corners of the world, and since Sept. 11 have played a key role in bolstering homeland security. Not West Point _ Kings Point. Not the Army or Marines _ the Merchant [&hell
Transas is proud to officially announce their patent application for a Liquid Cargo Handling Simulator, intended for training tanker and terminal operators. The application was lodged on the 10th of April 2006 in the Russian State Register of Inventions. The system, which is one of the leading compa
Months of speculation over the future outlook of the Volvo Ocean Race abruptly ended this morning when race organisers announced revolutionary changes to its route and four-year cycle. The next race, to begin in 2008 in line with a new three yearly format, may now feature lucrative stops in Asia, th
Update 1344GMT At 1344GMT and six seconds, to the cheers of thousands of spectators lining the banks and hundreds of boast on the water, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Black Pearl, skippered by Paul Cayard crossed the final finish line of the Volvo Ocean Race 2005/2006 to take line honours for the fi
Paul Cayard was apologetic afterwards for his final act of Piracy, but his crew did what they had to do to win the final leg of the 2005/2006 Volvo Ocean Race, stealing away what would have been a fairytale final victory for ABN AMRO TWO. Snared like a hapless fly in a spider’s web as […]
With 31,239 miles completed from 31,250, surely no more surprises could remain? Surely no tripwires lurked beyond the final furlong? Well, there was, just one, and in the space of one sched ABN AMRO TWO sailed into a windless hole and saw their name disappear from the trophy awarded to the winner of
The drag race continues towards Jamaica, with the fleet tightly bunched in very similar conditions. Durban has the advantage at the moment, closely followed by, well, everybody, really. Victoria has gone slightly further downwind and is the most northerly boat, and Ewan Hind, her skipper, will be ho
Shop stewards at the Helsinki, Turku and Rauma yards and the Piikki
Overnight the initial course was a medium air reach, with boat speeds in the heady heights of 16 knots on occasion. The wind was comfortably on the beam and the boats were using their big gear
Having experienced a light patch yesterday evening the Volvo Ocean Race fleet was back on track again late last night when the wind returned reaching 11kts at times. Despite the erratic winds the fleet, on its final leg to Goteborg, remains fairly close with just five miles between them. Brasil 1 (T
Transport Canada is investigating how a massive cargo ship came to hit a small fishing boat off Newfoundland’s south coast Wednesday. Hedley King, the owner of the fishing vessel Tip Sea, says he is grateful to be alive following a dead-on collision with a 22,000-tonne steel-hulled cargo ship. “I fi
Snorkeling in the balmy waters of Bermuda. Golf. Sun. Oh, it was going to be a lovely cruise. At least that’s what many people expected when they boarded a Royal Caribbean Cruise ship in Bayonne on July 24, 2005. Instead, their ship wound up on a rainy, cold, cloud-filled voyage to New Brunswick and
