GROTON — The region should know next month whether congressional efforts were successful in getting the necessary funding to increase submarine production from one to two a year. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense is expected to send its appropriations bill to the floor the first two w
French maritime authorities are investigating Brittany Ferries’ flagship which was hit by a 40ft (9m) freak wave in gale-force winds. The Pont-Aven was struck in the Bay of Biscay as it travelled from Plymouth to Santander at 2232 BST on Sunday. Five passengers and one crewmember were slightly injur
A 50ft wave caused by a force-9 gale left six people injured and the flagship damaged. A FREAK wave smashed into one of the world
New Jersey residents who commute to Manhattan by ferry will have a gleaming new terminal to use in Weehawken, N.J., starting today
The LNGC Production Team 1 completed the installment of a cargo elevator to be used in all L-LNGC
Three crew members aboard a chemical tanker sailing in Tokyo Bay died of chemical poisoning Monday while cleaning a tank that had been carrying benzene, a Japan Coast Guard official said. The 263-ton Shuho Maru was traveling some 1.2 km east of Haneda airport when the coast guard received a message
We waited in the cold, exchanging inane banter to pass the time until the boat arrived. No one really knew what would happen when they got here, just that the words or gestures or condolences would come when they finally did. In those moments anything trivial carried supreme importance. Why is there
The captain of a Celebrity Cruises cruise ship arrested last week for failing repeated breath-alcohol tests was charged Monday with operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol — with more than four times the legal limit in his system — a charge that could net him as much as a year in prison. N
Aker Yards and Alstom announced on 4 January 2006 their intention to join forces in shipbuilding and create one of the world leaders in the industry, focused on high value added ships, including world class cruise ships. The transaction is expected to be final on May 31 2006. A new company has been
A flotilla of traditional Scottish boats is to help mark the Highland 2007 Year of Culture. So far 20 boats have signed up to sail from Wick to Portsoy, with stop overs along the north coast and Moray Firth. Vessels such as the Swan, once Shetland’s largest fishing boat, will sail close to the beach
PORTLAND, Maine –A high-speed ferry that can cruise the ocean at highway speeds arrived in Portland on Monday in advance of its inaugural run later this week between Maine’s largest city and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. The 320-foot aluminum catamaran known as The Cat was greeted by a fireboat and tugboat
‘MV Rio Lawrance’, the country’s fastest ever container vessel, is scheduled to arrive in the Chittagong port on or before May 23. The QC Shipping has added this high-tech vessel to its fleet with the aim of speedy shipment of export cargo, especially ready-made garments to Singapore and Malaysia. B
Beijing, May 22: China will start construction of four advanced F-22P frigates for Pakistan later this year, with the first to be delivered to Islamabad in 2008. Expressing complete satisfaction over the deal, Pakistan’s Navy chief Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir said the deal also envisaged transfer o
The endangered loggerhead turtle may face a greater threat than previously realised from longline fishing. Researchers found that many turtles spend considerably longer in the open ocean, where longline boats operate, than earlier studies had indicated. The boats aim to catch big predatory fish such
