A group of Kilkeel fishermen who pleaded guilty to landing illegal fish have been given fines totalling almost £150,000 at Liverpool Crown Court. The court was told the men cheated the system of £400,000 by falsely claiming they had caught non-quota fish such as conger eel and gurnard.
The BBC television series Dragons’ Den seems an unlikely proving ground for a man-overboard detection system but not for mermaid id – recently adopted for the 2008-09 race. Back in August 2006, Matt Hazell was among a group of contestants who braved the Dragons’ Den, a show in which inventions are p
Noreq AS, leading Norwegian manufacturer of maritime equipment, has signed an agreement with Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) for delivery of 19 lifeboats for use on their Semi Submersible Crane Vessel THIALF and HERMOD. The total contract value is approximately 1m Euros. The contract includes deliv
Container volume reaches the 7 million TEU mark. Good results for conventional/breakbulk and ro/ro. The port of Antwerp expects a final volume of 167.3 million tonnes for 2006. This represents growth of more than 4% in comparison with the figure of 160 million tonnes for 2005.
President Bush lifted a ban Tuesday on oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Bristol Bay, an area known for its endangered whales and the world’s largest run of sockeye salmon. The action clears the way for the Interior Department to open 5.6 million acres of the fish-rich waters northwest of the Alaska
Details of more than 30 million people who emigrated from Britain by ship are being published on a new website. Previously family history researchers would have had to make the journey to The National Archives in London to read the lists.
A US Navy survey ship has joined the search for an Indonesian plane which went missing nine days ago. Oceanographic equipment is being used to determine whether metal objects found off the west coast of Sulawesi are from the wreckage of the airliner.
THE transport of plutonium off the Welsh coast was criticised by politicians last night as it emerged radioactive cargo was shipped through the Irish Sea on a former ferry. Safety fears over the use of the 20-year-old ship, Atlantic Osprey, on a journey between Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria and Cherb
The Japan Whaling Association says the Sea Shepherd organisation’s anti-whaling ship, the Farley Mowat, is now a pirate vessel. The ship has reportedly lost its registration in Belize and is without a flag.
Japan on Wednesday pressed for a thorough investigation of a collision between a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine and a Japanese oil tanker near one of the world’s most crucial shipping lanes. The fast-attack USS Newport News submarine rear-ended the supertanker Mogamigawa on Monday night in the 34-mi
A rescue operation has been launched after a fishing boat began taking on water off the Scottish coast.
The facilities and services of the Rodney Bay Marina will be upgraded to meet the standards of IGY’s growing portfolio of mega-yacht and luxury marinas worldwide. IGY currently operates luxury and mega-yacht marinas in St. Maarten, St. Thomas, Mexico and the Middle East. IGY also is currently develo
Removal of the remaining wreckage of the ship New Carissa from the beach at Coos Bay has been put off another year, the state said today. Oregon officials had hoped to see the wreckage gone by fall. But Department of State Lands Director Louise Soliday said there is not enough time to finish negotia
Will Corentyne’s coastal and riverine fishermen ever be safe from the scourge of piracy or should they accept it as a permanent occupational hazard? Artisanal fishermen for years have complained bitterly and frequently to the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Home Affairs about their pligh
