At 78 feet in length and rated at 5,080 horsepower
A fire apparently started by a cigarette raced through cabins on a cruise ship in the Caribbean early Thursday, killing an American and injuring 11 other people, officials said.
Manama – A Kiribati-flagged merchant vessel and a US destroyer collided late Saturday, about 30 nautical miles south-east of the Iraqi coastline, the US Navy 5th Fleet Command said in Bahrain.
President Mubarak lauded Arab leaders for the sympathy they expressed in the aftermath of the sinking of Al Salam Boccaccio 98 on February 3, The Gazette’s sister evening newspaper Al-Messa reported yesterday.
An oil tanker that got into difficulty off the coast of Wexford yesterday evening docked safely in Waterford this afternoon.
A KASPAR oil-loading tanker launched by the Red Sormovo factory
In competition with ten international contenders, KONGSBERG has signed fleet agreements for the supply of simplified voyage data recorders, S-VDR to the entire fleets of two large shipping companies.
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The ferry that sank off northern British Columbia last week appears to be in one piece, according to images captured by a miniature submarine equipped with special cameras.
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) reported that the P-50 floating production, storage, and offloading vessel is en route to Albacora Leste oil field in the Campos basin off Brazil
Officials prepared a mini-submarine Saturday that will be used to inspect the wreck of the Queen of the North as the search continues for two people missing since the ferry sank.
Newfoundland, Canada’s second largest oil- producing province, plans the third-largest auction of offshore drilling rights in its history after ending a territorial dispute with neighboring Nova Scotia.
Several offshore firms will bid for a contract worth almost 900 million dollars to increase output from ageing oilfields in India’s revolt-hit northeast.
With a year to go before it even touches the water for the first time, the U.S. Navy’s amphibious assault ship USS New York has already made history
