The Bush administration dismissed the security concerns of local officials yesterday and restated its approval of a deal that will give a company based in Dubai a major role in operating ports in and around New York City.
All 37 sailors on board a cargo ship are missing after the vessel sank late Thursday night after striking a reef on the sea near Dongjia island in east China, official sources said.
Two ships sank in high winds in the same stretch of the Taiwan Strait off eastern China, leaving 57 people missing, Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
Removing a hidden compartment, they said they found the boat’s true cargo, about a ton of cocaine, estimated to be worth about $66 million.
Travelling at around 25 knots on the first night out of Melbourne, Gerd Jan was thrown from the bow of ABN AMRO TWO down the deck – his fall was broken by one of the dagger boards but the force of the incident left Poortman with a number of injuries.
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Amec, the international project management and services company, has been awarded three-year extension to its oil and gas asset support services contract by Shell Philippines Exploration for the Malampaya gas field in the Philippines.
The Norwegian Storting (parliament) has today, 16 February, approved the plan for development and operation (PDO) of the Statoil-operated Tyrihans field in the Norwegian Sea.
The Port of Seattle gave the initial green light Tuesday to return one terminal to cargo operations, move cruise ships to a new Elliott Bay location and possibly create up to 725 jobs.
MCMURDO STATION, Antartica – The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star arrived in McMurdo Station, Antarctica Monday, after a non-stop 8,200 nautical mile transit from its homeport of Seattle.
The aftermath of an oil spill in the Diomid bay has been totally liquidated in Vladivostok. The coastal area has been cleared of oil and the soil contaminated with fuel oil has been removed
THE Royal Australian Navy ship named after Albany is close to completion. The HMAS Albany is one of two new patrol boats to be named this weekend in a ceremony at the Henderson shipbuilding yard of Austal Ships.
The Saigon Shipbuilding Industry Company (SSIC) handed over Wednesday a 6,500 tonne freighter to the Saigon Shipping Company.
