The high seas thieves illegally pillaging our oceans in the name of commercial fishing lack the charms of the pirate Jack Sparrow as portrayed by Johnny Depp in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. But there are some similarities. Today’s pirates still deal in ill-gotten plunder, for instance. When
Golar LNG reports increased operating income at $23.9 million for the third quarter of 2006, up from $22.3 million for the second quarter of 2006 and a net loss in the current quarter of $5.9 million as compared to net income of $17.3 million for the second quarter of 2006.
On 7 December 2006, business people, inventors, knowledge institutions and government bodies who want to take opportunities for innovation will meet at Nederland Innovatief 2006. During this event, businesses will demonstrate important developments in the field of innovation, and the Annual ID-NL Aw
A transatlantic cruise ship hit by a highly infectious vomiting virus which struck down some 700 people has ended its 16-day voyage at a Florida port. More than 550 guests and 150 crew were affect by the diarrhoea and sickness bug, the cruise line told ABC news.
The 41m (134ft) motoryacht Como, was launched on 12th November 2006 at Alloy Yachts.The yacht commenced construction in March 2005. Managing Director Tony Hambrook commented that the Dubois Naval Architect designed Como is the largest motoryacht built at Alloy Yachts. She has an 8.5m (27.9ft) beam,
The new 70.4 WallyPower, that was recently signed is the lunch version of this motor yacht model combining the open-air living characteristics of the WallyTender, with the hull lines of the 118 WallyPower resulting fast, comfortable, stylish, safe, and seaworthy. The interior layout of this version
TWO missing crew members were pulled from the water with minor injuries several hours after their small ship sank near Sheshan Island, local maritime authorities said yesterday.
Scientists in Indonesia are preparing to auction tens of thousands of artefacts salvaged from a sunken ship off the coast of Java. The items, which are believed to be more than 1,000 years old, include ceramics, tombstones and swords.
Aker Yards has signed a contract with Island Offshore in Ulsteinvik, Norway to deliver one UT 776 CD Platform supply vessel. The total value of the contract is approximately NOK 315 million. This is the 23. contract between the ship owner Island Offshore and Aker Yards. The hull for the vessel will
Patrols to protect spawning salmon in rivers on Exmoor are to be stepped up after poaching incidents. Despite regular patrols, poachers struck last weekend and removed about 20 adult fish from a pool on the River Barle, the Environment Agency said.
The operation to rescue the crew from the sunken schooner near Kunashir Island in the Sea of Okhotsk has ended. Twelve of the 14 crewmembers were rescued. Two, a sailor and a boatswain, were found dead, the press service of the Sakhalin regional prosecutor’s office said.
The National Sea Rescue Institute suspects that the utility vessel, Hawk, which went missing off the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast last week, has sunk. All four crewmen – Bruce Shane van Wyk, 30, from Port Elizabeth; Andrew Jegels, 51, from Mossel Bay; and Thierry Gombuka, 38, and Moegamed Borsardien, 5
A Canadian warship that has been tied up at the dock at CFB Esquimalt since 2001 will be towed out to sea off the west coast of Vancouver Island next year and used for target practice. HMCS Huron was commissioned in 1972 and saw service in the Persian Gulf during the first Gulf War.
Northrop Grumman Corp. said Thursday it will develop an electro-optic based system intended to warn surface vessels and aircraft that are violating ship protection zones of Navy and Coast Guard vessels at anchor or in port. The development of the Detection and Unambiguous Warning System will use Nor
