A VESSEL with about 30 metric tonnes of condensate has been arrested by the Nigerian Navy along the Imo River in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State. Disclosing this to The Guardian in Calabar in an exclusive interview yesterday, the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Eastern Naval Command, Rear Admiral Sunday B
Police investigating a large cache of bombs found in East Java ruled out any link to a terrorist plot, saying Friday that the high-intensity explosives were produced for use by local fishermen. Authorities discovered 43 bombs in a house in the East Java town of Pasuruan after one accidentally detona
The first group of yachts (Singapore, Durban and Victoria) have rounded Punta Mala and are heading up towards Marina Flamenco, with an ETA of about 1800 UT today. The first group of yachts will then be officially measured and booked into the earliest available canal transit slot.
London – A Maltese-flagged tanker, carrying 44,000 tons of fuel oil, has collided with a cargo ship off the south coast of Britain in the English Channel, the authorities said Friday. The tanker, Shakhdag, with 21 people on board, suffered minor damage to her stern but was able to proceed to the por
Perini Navi is thrilled and proud to announce that on Wednesday June 7th the 88m Clipper Yacht the Maltese Falcon successfully completed her first sail trial on the Bosphorus sea, with an off shore breeze that gradually increased from 8 to 16 knots.
Slightly quicker than anticipated, the leading group of Ericsson, Brasil 1 and ABN AMRO ONE
A press release from the Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources said yesterday that the state-of-the-art Draco, which was launched in Spain last month and is also one of the world
VANCOUVER — As federal investigators prepare a new dive to the final resting place of the Queen of the North, the waters are being muddied by a war of words between B.C. Ferries president David Hahn and the union representing officers and crew aboard the vessel when it crashed into an island and san
Today the Commission has adopted an important Green Paper. This paper captioned: Towards a future Maritime Policy for the Union: A European vision for the oceans and seas, marks the start of a one-year consultation period designed to gather information from the wide variety of interest groups and in
Bang on schedule, the launch of the 105 ft (31.50 m) long maxi trimaran for French skipper Franck Cammas is the 6th maxi-mulithull to have come out of the Multiplast shipyard in Vannes since the year 2000. The yard is world leader in the building of ocean-racing maxi-multihulls. The unique experienc
Maine –Cianbro Corp. said Wednesday it has been awarded a contract to convert two 370-foot sulfur tankers into multipurpose supply vessels for the offshore oil industry. Cianbro said its agreement with Hornbeck Offshore Services of Covington, La., will provide more than 300 jobs on the Portland wate
China’s most advanced professional rescue ship “South Sea Rescue Ship 111” was put on service in Haikou base of South Sea Rescue Bureau on Wednesday. The 98-meter-long and 15.2-meter-wide ship can sail 12,000 sea miles continuously on the sea. It can also withstand typhoon of maximum 14 on the wind
The final and potentially decisive In Port race of the Volvo Ocean Race will be sailed this Sunday. The light winds currently tormenting the fleet appear to have ruled out the chance of the boats arriving in time for a Saturday battle. The decision to rethink was made during a meeting this evening b
Qingdao were visited by 3 killer whales yesterday, popping up 10m from the yacht to see what was going on. The commonly held theory is that they
