Firefighting and police personnel from several agencies Sunday assisted when a tug boat that was pushing a barge on the Hudson River experienced an engine compartment fire. The fire was reported shortly after 11 a.m. with the crafts in the middle of the Hudson just south of White
A man who ran his boat onto rocks metres from the Sydney residences of the prime minister and governor-general has been charged with drink driving. Sydney Water Police said they found a motor cruiser aground on rocks at Kirribilli Point with a man, woman and three children on board about 7pm (AEST)
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — All the right safety precautions helped keep a group of fishermen safe when their 28-foot vessel capsized about 11 miles south of Pensacola Pass. Those precautions included having a registered radio beacon and wearing life jackets. A Coast Guard spokesman said Francis H. Crockar
MUMBAI: Hectic activities that one witnesses on the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) front has hooked up most of the shipping companies to queue up with mega plans for the offshore services segment. The primary trigger for this near exodus of shipping companies could said to be NELP prog
Lloyd’s of London, the big maritime insurer, has raised premiums for commercial ships visiting ports in Yemen and Sri Lanka. Rebels and Islamic terrorists have turned waters around those countries into “areas of perceived enhanced risks,” the Times of London reported Monday. Earlier this month, near
In a pre-planned operation, arranged in conjunction with ABN AMRO TWO and the crew, the Royal Netherlands Navy, the Royal Navy and with the UK authorities, Hans Horrevoets
Kongsberg Maritime has developed a new LNG Cargo Handling Simulator, designed to assist the safe, efficient and profitable transportation of LNG, through detailed and realistic training scenarios. The requirement for the training of crew aboard both existing and new LNG vessels of both Spherical and
Thrane & Thrane A/S, equipment manufacturer of whom Radio Holland is distributor, is one of the sponsors of the world
Following a night of fighting their keel problems after the aft end of their keel pivot bearing broke away from the hull, Bouwe Bekking and his crew have abandoned their vessel and have safely transferred to ABN AMRO TWO which has been standing by since approximately 2200GMT last night. The crew use
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At 2330GMT and 42 seconds, ABN AMRO ONE crossed the finish line at Gilkicker point to win Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06. The superior performance of the Juan Kouyoumdjian-designed Volvo Open 70 in strong winds has brought her to the finish before the second placed boat, Neal McDonald’s Erics
A Royal Caribbean cruise ship docked in Port Canaveral Sunday without a missing passenger. Friends reported 21-year-old Ohio resident Daniel DiPiero missing nearly one week ago after his three roommates realized he had not slept in the cabin they shared. Authorities called off the search for DiPiero
A Chinese ship has rescued 97 Vietnamese fishermen stranded on a remote island by Typhoon Chanchu. Xinhua news agency says the fishermen were found alive on the Chinese island of Dong Sa, three days after the powerful storm swept through the South China Sea. Another 18 bodies were found dead by the
Varna. More than 2 km of a net, used for catching turbot were found on a Turkish trawler, seized this morning in the Bulgarian coastal town of Varna. The net was found wet, with mussels on it and in working condition, the Chief of the Border Police Directorate in Varna Dimitar Vasilev said, cited by
