Canada’s troubled submarine fleet has suffered another setback with the announcement that Ottawa won’t repair fire-ravaged HMCS Chicoutimi until 2010, leaving the navy short one boat and raising concerns it may never see active service. The department said putting off the extensive repairs to Chicou
France’s state shipbuilder DCN began yesterday manufacturing parts for the first of six Scorpene submarines ordered by India. New Delhi agreed in October 2005 to buy six of the Franco-Spanish submarines for 2.4bn euros. The deal is a technology transfer agreement: the Scorpenes will be assembled in
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Coast Guard officials may have identified the source of the oil spill this week in the Delaware Bay. They believe the
The plan unveiled this week to expand the Panama Canal to accommodate super-size ships would increase the flow of goods to Houston and other ports along the Gulf Coast and East Coast, trade experts say. Panama’s president, Mart
Movistar wins! Paul Cayard has instituted a gybing battle with Brasil 1, trying to force a mistake from Torben Grael’s team and to get on their wind, but Torben has defended well and maintains a lead that he should take across the line. The wind has almost gone entirely. Ericsson are holding on to t
Last weekend’s Hublot Palmavela regatta in Majorca hosted by the Real Club Nautico de Palma, marked the opening of the Mediterranean Wally class racing season. Six of the most competitive Wally class yachts including Alexia, last year’s Maxi World Cup winner Y3K, Gibian, J One, Tiketitan, and Nariid
The crew of the UAE-operated oil tanker Lin 1, hijacked by Somali pirates on March 29, are reported to be unharmed but still captive, the Khaleej Times has been told. Approximately 12 pirates armed with AK-47 machine-guns and pistols attacked the tanker in broad daylight shortly after she had unload
sources from the coastal town of Harardhere in north of Somalia say pirates kidnapped a new vessel from southern coast of Somalia and brought it to Gann coast of Harardere district. Sources close to the pirates confirmed Shabelle Media Network the hijacking of the vessel and it is yet known the numb
China and a host of other oil-hungry nations will be tapping into huge offshore oil deposits a mere 50 miles from the United States while this nation is forced to endure rising gas prices as a result of record high demand for oil fueled by such countries as China and India.
The $37 million, three-year project to finish dredging the channels to 50 feet – making them the deepest on the East Coast – was completed last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday. Ships use the channels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the port of Hampton Roads’ cargo terminals
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – No injuries or leaks are reported after a tanker filled with nearly 309-thousand barrels of crude oil ran aground in southwestern Puerto Rico. The Coast Guard says the incident occurred Thursday as the ship, with 28 crew members, waited to transfer its cargo after a trip
All 350,000 square feet of shed and warehouse space, and the ports open storage facilities are filled with sugar, cocoa, wood pulp, Swedish steel, and wind turbine parts. “We have seen a tremendous amount of cargo coming into the port,” said Albany Port District Commission head Robert Cross. “It’s s
A combustible plastic on the balconies of a Star Princess cruise ship may have played a major role in the quick spread of the March fire aboard the vessel that killed an American man and injured 13 passengers, a British marine agency said Thursday. A type of widely used plastic called polycarbonate
