The U.S. cargo ship MV Cape Decision, belonging to the U.S. Military Sealift Command, last week stopped in Poland to deliver combat equipment used by the Polish military in Iraq, according to a press release. The Cape Decision, a 681-foot roll-on/roll-off ship, delivered more than 49,000 square feet
Somali pirates have hijacked a ship in southern Somalia in the latest attack off the country’s lawless coast, a maritime official said. The Kismayu-bound ship was hijacked by Somali gunmen on Thursday and commandeered to a coastal town near Harardheere where two other vessels are still being held by
A ship carrying a tall crane has made it under the Lewis and Clark bridge on the Columbia River at Longview. Authorities were worried it would be a tight fit. The ship is taking the crane to the Port of Portland.Port spokesman Erik Hedaa (hed-uh) who watched the passage about one o’clock this aftern
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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.
