Eighteen sailors, including three Volvo RYA Keelboat Team Members, are in Holland this week to try and earn a place on TEAM ABN AMRO for the 2005/6 Volvo Ocean Race. Arriving in Holland at the beginning of the week, Simon Shaw, Jeremy Elliot and Paul Campbell-James, who have been members of the Volv
The Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Mr. Stanley Agyri-Blankson on Thursday met owners of companies and firms situated along the Odaw Canal and asked for assistance from them to dredge it
An environmental group says Washington needs tougher laws to prevent cruise ships from polluting state waters. The Washington Public Interest Research Group says the state should follow the lead of Alaska and California to protect waters from sewage and toxic spills.
A five-day cruise to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula has turned into a “cruise to nowhere” because of engine problems aboard the Carnival cruise ship Ecstasy, company officials said. The Ecstasy was standing off the port of Progreso, Mexico, Thursday awaiting arrival of parts for a repair.
Built by Boatspeed in Newcastle, Australia and designed by Bruce Farr, the Telef
At a quarter to four in the afternoon, a group of twelve very serious sailors assembled in the harbour master building next to the dock. They knew they were about to hear the news, who would be one of the final five to continue on to the second boat crew selection finals in Portugal the […]
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Three Indian naval ships have arrived in Colombo to provide sea training for Sri Lanka naval (SLN)cadets exposing them to various naval operations at sea, under India-Sri Lanka “Training Exchange Programme,” said a press release from Indian Embassy in Sri Lanka issued Thursday. The commanding office
The government of the Netherlands has come forward to finance the lifting a dredger, Diya Kowulla, of the Sri Lankan Ports Authorities from Galle quay. The dredger was stranded in the Galle quay when the tsunami waves hit the country on December 26. According to a statement from the embassy, Mrs. S.
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — An unarmed Tomahawk cruise missile completed a successful test flight over north Florida and the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday. It was lowered by parachute at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida’s western Panhandle.
As many as 2,500 passengers aboard Carnival Cruise Line
Bandar Seri Begawan – The German luxury cruise ship MS Europa is scheduled to dock at Muara Port on Monday, March 14, at 2pm, providing an opportunity for locals to witness its arrival. Currently on her 282nd cruise around the world, the ship will leave the country on the same day at 7pm for Ho [&he
Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd , a shipping company specializing in the seaborne transportation of dry bulk cargoes such as iron ore, coal and grains, announced that it has agreed to acquire a Handymax bulk carrier, MV IDC 2, for a purchase price of $15.5 million.
Readers will have seen P&O Nedlloyd Heemskerck arrive in Cape Town yesterday, not on Saturday, as I predicted last week. A kaput shoreside container gantry delayed her in Durban and in Port Elizabeth she suffered a weather delay, causing a considerable rewrite of P&O Nedlloyd’s well-laid plans for t
