A last moment amendment to technical specification for a Tk 125 crore dredging project for the Karnaphuli river under the shipping ministry drove away four of the six selected bidders, conveniently leaving the scheme to two of them.
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali militiamen who skirmished with U.S. Navy vessels claimed Sunday they did not fire the first shot and that they had been patrolling Somali waters to stop illegal fishing vessels.
Thirteen suspected pirates involved in clashes with the US Navy off the Somali coast on Saturday have been captured, a spokesman for the men says.
Shipping companies that transport iron ore, coal and other materials across the Great Lakes are using the lakes as a dumping ground for leftover cargo, despite federal laws and an international treaty that prohibit the practice.
THE Woodside-led joint venture operating in Mauritania’s offshore waters is within a week or so of shipping the first cargo of oil from the Chinguetti project.
The United States Navy reports that two of its warships encountered a group of suspected pirates off the Somali coast and the pirates’ ship opened fire on them. The naval warships returned fire killing one Somali and wounding five.
The Colombian authorities have seized a shipment of cocaine with a street value of $540m (
WASHINGTON — As far away from Electric Boat in Groton as Sunnyvale, Calif., the decline in defense spending for nuclear warships is taking a toll.
The fourth edition of the Gulf Maritime exhibition, to be held at Expo Centre Sharjah from April 24-26, 2006, will host a total of 150 leading marine companies from across the globe.
Some people might call Capt. Bill McDonough a conspiracy theorist, but his predictions about the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard often come to pass.
Construction of a 3.7 ha shipyard began on the Nhat Le river bank in Dong Hoi city of central Quang Binh province on March 19.
Five North Koreans have fled to South Korea in a small fishing boat, avoiding detection along one of the world’s most heavily fortified borders.
A northern Russian shipyard on Sunday began construction of a new nuclear submarine, part of an ambitious navy modernization effort, the nation
The cruise industry has faced some tough problems recently. Reports of passengers vanishing to illnesses affecting entire ships have led many to wonder if the success of the cruise industry is sinking.
