Jakarta (dpa) – Nearly 40 passengers were still missing after a ferry sunk in rough waters off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island, officials said Friday. Most of the over 130 passengers and crew on board the Surya Makmur Indah ferry when it sunk off the coast of North Sumatra Thursday were resc
The World Bank says that each year about 150 billion cubic meters of natural gas goes up in smoke. That
On Monday, June 19th 2006, a Letter of Intent (LOI), has been signed between the Albanian Ministry of Defence and Damen Shipyards Gorinchem. The signing ceremony took place on board of the Dutch frigate ?Hr. Ms. Willem van der Zaan?, moored alongside in the Port of Durres, Albania. The LOI is the fi
Mogadishu: A cargo ship carrying 20,000 tons of coal sank off the coast of Somalia and a rescue mission was under way to save the crew, officials said yesterday. About 20 crew members are believed to be floating on life rafts since MV Kanaya went down on Wednesday, said Andrew Mwangura, head of the
he U.S. Navy ship (USNS) Mercy is continuing its five-month mission in Southeast Asia, traveling to Indonesia, Bangladesh and East Timor after rebuilding local facilities and providing medical aid and training in the Philippines. “The crew of the USNS Mercy, along with its partners from civilian org
Raytheon’s refreshed version of the MK 2 Ship Self Defense System has passed U.S. Navy open architecture qualifying testing. The MK 2 system, known by its initials SSDS, can now be used in warship combat-management systems that meet the Navy’s Open Architecture Computing Environment standard. “This
South-east Queensland authorities say a chemical leak on a foreign cargo ship that berthed at the Port of Brisbane late yesterday is worse than originally feared. Emergency crews have worked through the night at Fisherman Islands to neutralise the danger from toxic and highly flammable cleaning chem
Om 21-6-2006, dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster nv increased its 51% holding in Cofra to full ownership. This acquisition strengthens Boskalis
Saying the test had been scheduled for months and had nothing to do with the current crisis with North Korea, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency has announced that a Navy ship has fired an interceptor that shot down a warhead from a medium-range missile over Hawaii, according to an Associated Press dis
A fleet of 45 yachts drawn from as far a field as New Zealand will compete in the biennial BMW Round Ireland Yacht Race starting from Wicklow Sailing Club on Saturday 1st July 2006 at 4.00pm. The course of 704 miles is internationally recognised as one of the toughest offshore races that combines to
Bandar Seri Begawan – The new Serasa Ferry Terminal in Brunei-Muara district will open its new gateway for travellers and operate its services from October this year. The new terminal will link its services from Brunei Darussalam to the neighbouring state of Labuan and the Menumbok district in Sabah
BOSTON High-speed ferry service between Salem and Boston officially begins this weekend. Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey and Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll joined other state and local officials on the maiden voyage earlier today. Healey says the new 45-minute service will give North Shore residents anot
Four men have been rescued from a liferaft after they abandoned their fishing boat when it hit rocks at Motiti Island in the Bay of Plenty shortly before daybreak today. The Tauranga pilot boat picked up the four, believed to be experienced fishermen, about 8am after their 14 metre fishing boat Lady
Operator Statoil and the other licensees in the Statfjord field in the North Sea have decided to optimise the Statfjord late life project by postponing the depressurisation of the Brent reservoir on the Statfjord field by one year, from 2007 to 2008. This optimisation will boost the oil production b
