With a gentle breeze blowing through this quiet Mediterranean harbor yesterday, a Boston area couple on a sailboat voyage around the world recounted the details of a harrowing brush with Yemeni pirates in the Red Sea and a shootout the couple says could easily have ended with the deaths of five Amer
Leg 5 of the Global Challenge has been an eventful leg and one that has felt longer than any of the others. It took a while to get into this leg’s racing. We had demons from Leg 4 still around, I had flu, we were straight away into down wind hot conditions and the crew […]
New Zealand supermaxi Konica Minolta has smashed the Auckland-Fiji race record by more than a day after clinching line honours in Suva early today. Owned by Wellington businessman Stewart Thwaites, the 30m vessel completed the 1100 nautical mile (2037km) journey from Waitemata Harbour in three days,
Points won in the pre-America’s Cup events will count towards the final result, it has been announced. Winners of the Louis Vuitton Acts, which begin this month, will gain bonus points towards the Louis Vuitton Cup in 2007. The America’s Cup challenger to Alinghi will be decided by the Louis Vuitton
A South Korean Navy official announced that there will be a memorial service later this month for several South Korean sailors who were killed three years ago in a naval skirmish with North Korea on the Yellow Sea. The skirmish took place on June 29, 2002, after North Korean naval vessels crossed th
Thai officials on Monday assured U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that violence in their country’s Muslim-dominated south was being addressed and wasn’t tied to global terrorists, while Rumsfeld urged more cooperation against sea piracy, the Thai defence minister said. Rumsfeld appealed to Tha
Excel Maritime Carriers an owner and operator of dry bulk carriers and a provider of worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargo has announced today that it has taken physical delivery of two vessels, MV Princess I at the port of Izmit in Turkey and MV Angela Star at the port of Ta
A three-year, $1 million grant from the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security has been secured by the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo. The money will be used to develop and implement statewide standards for maritime security training, including drills and exercises for vessels, port faciliti
A delegation from a Scottish shipyard is to lobby the European competition commissioner over a vital contract. The managing director of the Ferguson yard in Port Glasgow will be joined by Scottish National Party politicians at the meeting with Neelie Kroes.
The U.S. Supreme Court, expanding the scope of a landmark federal disabilities law, ruled Monday that foreign cruise lines sailing in U.S. waters must provide better access for passengers in wheelchairs.
Construction stars last Friday on the Changxing Shipbuilding Base on Shanghai’s Changxing Island, which is expected to eventually become the world’s largest shipyard, marking a major step forward in China’s ambition to become the world’s leading ship builder. In the first phase of the US$3.6 billi
State environmental regulators are proposing more than $600,000 in fines against a New London shipyard accused of polluting the Thames River and violating other laws. The Department of Environmental Protection alleges that the Thames Shipyard & Repair Co. violated environmental laws more than two do
Construction has begun on what China says will eventually be the world’s biggest shipyard, part of the country’s plan for taking a dominant role in the industry. China’s biggest shipbuilding company began building the 8-kilometer-long (5-mile-long) facility late last week on an island in the Yangtze
The next-generation Navy destroyer hasn’t even been built yet, but it already has been adrift for months on a stormy sea. Plans for the program – which is crucial to the future of Maine’s largest manufacturing company – have taken radical turns as the Navy and Congress pushed their respective agenda
