The crew of Brasil 1 have stepped on the gas to move into second place, some 13 miles behind leader ABN AMRO ONE as the distance separating first and fifth-placed boats squeezes to less than 60 miles.
After the battering the fleet had as it rounded Cape Horn yesterday, the lighter winds that the crews now have as they sail around the southern side of The Falkland Islands is more than welcome. Spirits are rising and grins are back on the faces of the tired crews.
This Friday, the keel-laying ceremony for the first of three club ships of AIDA Cruises (Rostock) took place in Papenburg. The winner of the AIDA name contest, Sabine Mattenheimer from Bavaria, who works for a travel agency, laid the traditional lucky penny under the first of a total of 55 blocks.
THE registrar of a foreign fishing vessel places strong disciplinary action against its vessels, which breach licence. The comment comes from the directors of the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize.
Following an earlier announced Letter of Intent IHC Holland Merwede BV is proud to announce that its subsidiary Merwede Shipyard received the contract for the design and construction of a new Pipe Laying / Offshore Construction vessel for Subsea 7. Merwede Shipyard was granted this repeat order to b
Bouwe Bekking
The three-way partnership will aim to combat a rise in illegal fishing in the region by helping Pacific Islands states monitor and catch unauthorised boats.
For the second day running, maritime rescuers on Russia’s Far-Eastern island of Sakhalin are going out to the Sea of Okhotsk in an effort to rescue three fishermen, who are being carried away into high sea on a breakaway ice-floe.
A High Court judge in London is due to rule on whether a controversial
The State is opposed to the release of 10 suspected Somali pirates on bond. The accused face serious charges and if convicted they could be sent to jail for life, said State counsel Vincent Monda yesterday.
International yacht racing at its highest, most competitive level comes to Miami for the 2006 Rolex TP52 Global Championship. Set for March 7-12 during Acura Miami Race Week
The National Maritime Authority (NMA) has initiated an inter-ministerial forum to develop guidelines for ship waste and shore base management in accordance with International Maritime Organisation Conventions and Protocols.
Keppel FELS Limited has secured a US$177 million contract for the upgrading of a semisubmersible (semi) drilling rig Blackford Dolphin for Blackford Dolphin Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA.
Vietnamese authorities have detaineda cargo ship sailing under the Singaporean flag for being suspected of hitting a local boat, which killed one Vietnamese man,injured eight others and left seven missing, local newspaper Youth reported Thursday.
