Japanese coast guard officials are questioning a sea captain whose cargo ship was attacked by pirates off the coast of Indonesia. Six pirates armed with swords attacked the Panamanian-registered Martha Verity in the Gelasa Strait
The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) signed 14 contracts in the first quarter of 2006 worth more than US$400 million with partners from Japan, Denmark, China, and the Netherlands.
Militants who captured a South Korean fishing vessel off the coast of Somalia denied Wednesday they were pirates and said they were defending their waters from illegal fishing.
Salalah Port yesterday received the cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 with 2,612 passengers on board; among them 1,614 were tourists and 998 crew members. A tour programme was organised to visit the touristic and historical monuments in Salalah
Two Dutch nationals, a husband and wife, were picked up by a passing freighter Tuesday afternoon near Cayman Brac, after they radioed a distress signal indicating that their boat was sinking.
Tidelands Oil & Gas Corp. said it was weighing a liquefied natural gas project off the coast of Long Beach, making it the fifth company to propose such a facility in Southern California.
Adrian Flanagan, the sailing adventurer who’s making his way slowly, in a westabout direction around the world aboard Barrabas – an 11m stainless steel sloop – is now over five months into his voyage.
Bouwe Bekking’s Spanish movistar team have retained the lead of Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race and are now in a good, consistent breeze that’s allowing them to monopolise on their position.
movistar stays out there in front, serenely ticking off the miles to the scoring gate at Fernando de Noronha, giving nothing away to the boats behind them.
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Perini Navi and Perini Istanbul
We have grown accustomed to Volvo Open 70s sailing faster than the wind. 30 knots in 28, 41 in 38, 20 in 18, these are, after all, the laser honed, cutting edge of offshore racing.
Boat speeds are down to six to seven knots in winds that don
