Islamabad, Sep 3 (IANS) Pakistan and China are looking for buyers in third countries for their joint venture combat aircraft JF-17 Thunder, officially called FC-1. The two are also jointly producing the Chinese designed F-22 frigate and the Al Khalid tank. New projects are likely to be discussed by
The Marco Polo was a clipper ship that made a record passage in 1852 from Britain to Australia and back in five months and 21 days, unheard of at that time. She brought fame to her skipper, Captain James Nicol “Bully” Forbes, and her owners, James Baines and partners of the Black Ball Line, the [&he
ATHENS, Greece _ President Roh Moo-hyun is to hold a summit with Greek President Karolos Papoulias on Monday to discuss ways to improve bilateral relations and economic cooperation between the two nations. Roh arrived in the Greek capital Sunday night (Korea standard time) for a three-day state visi
The ambulance boat for the Isles of Scilly is back in service after six months of repairs. The Star of Life has had structural defects fixed and the engine overhauled while at Falmouth Docks. The Isles of Scilly now have boat and land ambulances and three emergency four-wheel-drive vehicles.
Firefighters have spent three hours controlling a blaze in the engine room of a tugboat in the Solent. The crew, who alerted emergency services just after 0200 BST on Sunday, sealed off the area and returned to the dockside in Southampton, Hampshire. None of the four people on board the 385 ton vess
Qingdao holds the Clipper race in very high esteem and rightly sees it as the City
This year’s line-up smashes the 2005 record of 37 yachts and, once again, has brought the elite of the international sailing and business worlds to Porto Cervo. The 2006 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup will be the stage for some truly fierce competition among a fleet of veritable giants, which includes some st
Production at the Terra Nova offshore oil platform off Newfoundland
Chevron Corp. has awarded Transocean Inc. a five-year, $862 million contract to build a drillship. The drillship construction contract is the third such contract award for Transocean this year and the second contract award from Chevron. If Chevron (NYSE: CVX) exercises its right to convert the contr
Gulf Coast shipyards recovering from Katrina’s fury but not yet at full strength, executive says. One year after Hurricane Katrina, Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Gulf Coast shipyards are recovering ahead of schedule but still aren’t at full strength, the company’s top shipbuilding official said on the an
The first ship to be built at Portsmouth’s naval base in nearly four decades, the HMS Clyde, is to be officially named this week. The traditional ceremony will be carried out by Lesley Dunt, wife of the Director of Defence Estates, Vice Admiral Peter Dunt. The ship, which has been built by support s
The Sri Lankan military says it has sunk 12 Tamil Tiger boats and killed 80 rebels in a sea battle off the northern Jaffna peninsula. The Tamil Tigers have not yet confirmed any casualties but said two government boats had been sunk off Kankesanturai. Witnesses said the battle had raged all night an
A warship has been named as Newcastle’s official Royal Navy ship even though she will not launch until January next year. HMS Dauntless is currently being built in Glasgow and will be taking over as the city’s adopted ship from HMS Newcastle, which retired two years ago. HMS Newcastle, which was bui
The British container ship, Mariming Miral, ran aground in the eastern branch of the Suez Canal Saturday and stopped traffic along this part of the waterway, the official MENA news agency reported. The container ship, carrying 52,000 tons, ran aground owing to engine failure in the eastern branch of
