Two crews are attempting to break the world record for crossing the English Channel in a dragon boat. The Brotherhood and Sisterhood teams are paddling from Dover to Calais across more than 20 miles of open sea in aid of charity.
Somali pirates released a Danish ship late on Wednesday after a ransom of $1.5m was paid to them, said the head of a maritime organisation on Thursday. The Danica White cargo ship was hijacked on June 04 and its five Danish crew members taken hostage by armed pirates who had plagued Somalia’s anarch
Searchers aboard a boat on the Pacific Ocean have located a submarine believed to be the one that disappeared 65 years ago and claimed the lives of 70 sailors, including one from Asheville.
Cruise tourism took a beating from Hurricane Dean in the form of a potential 16,682 cruise visitors that didn’t make it to our shores, but yesterday three cruise ships were due back in port. Six cruise ships that had been scheduled to call over Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday earlier this week did not
The Salvage operations to refloat the New Flame cargo ship has been suspended today. Government officials today stated, “The salvage operation of the “New Flame” continues to be suspended due to adverse weather conditions. The removal of fuel oil will resume, as soon as the weather improves probably
World Championship victory was finally claimed by world # 1 women’s match racer Claire LEROY (FRA) and there is no surprise that she stays firmly at the top of the rankings. Ian WILLIAMS (GBR) is also holding firm and three more podium positions at ISAF Grade WC regattas sees him extend his lead yet
Stena Line has ordered two new RoPax vessels valued at around SEK 2 billion from Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. The vessels will be put into service in 2011 and they are planned to operate the route Rotterdam-Harwich.
Atlas Copco is opening two new customer centers in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina through the acquisition of three construction and mining equipment distributors, to support the fast growth in the region. The opening of the new customer centers will be October 1, 2007.
A body found in a sunken boat in the Moray Firth has been recovered by police divers. The body discovery had been made after a search was launched for 72-year-old missing prawn fisherman Gordon Wilson, from St Combs, near Fraserburgh.
A Devon dockyard has won a £30m contract to upgrade HMS Ocean, the Royal Navy’s largest amphibious warship. Improvements to accommodation on board the assault ship are expected to take a year at Plymouth’s Devonport Dockyard.
A three-masted Indonesian navy training ship ran aground on an Australian beach as it headed to Sydney for a tall ships show ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit.
The remaining section of the ill-fated MSC Napoli, stranded off the East Devon coast, will be taken away in one piece. The Dutch team who have overseen the salvage operation so far have now been awarded the contract to lift the stern.
Dredging group Boskalis more than doubled its net profit in the first six months of this year, benefiting from a worldwide increase in demand for land reclamation.
BP America today promised to operate its Whiting refinery to meet the lower discharge limits contained in the refinery’s previous wastewater treatment permit. “We have participated in an open and transparent permitting process with the State of Indiana and obtained a valid permit that meets all regu
