A DISPUTE between Japan and China over maritime economic zones has seen Japanese fishing boats being turned away from alleged gas-rich waters. This has prompted Japanese authorities to express concerns over a possible violation of Japan
Shippers say the need for increased dredging of the Great Lakes to accommodate shippers has forced some to take detours or handle smaller loads. The issue threatens the shipping of items such as cement, limestone, iron ore, coal, wood pulp, salt and construction materials.
LERWICK Port Authority has been slapped with a huge bill for dredging work it was forced to cancel after Shetland Islands Council took legal action against it last year. Last August the council petitioned the Court of Session in Edinburgh to stop the port spending
Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. plans to buy 76 vessels for about $3.3 billion over the next six years, Chairman and Managing Director S. Hajara said on Tuesday. This is the first major fleet acquisition proposal by the state-run carrier in recent years and comes after the communist-backed federa
Old Dominion University will offer a new undergraduate major in maritime and supply chain management in the fall of 2006. The major will be the first of its kind in Virginia, and the second in the country, according to school officials. It will be offered as a bachelor of science in the business adm
Checking state news tonight six salvage workers repairing an offshore rig damaged by hurricane Katrina were hurt in an explosion this morning. The accident happened on a cement platform in Breton Sound, Block one, 45 miles southeast of New Orleans.
In the Dutch port of Eemshaven today Meyer Werft delivered the 93,558-gt cruise ship
When the Queen Mary 2, the largest cruise ship in the world, docked in Brooklyn for a day earlier this month, it marked the official opening of the newest cruise ship facility in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The terminal will create hundreds of new jobs and attract millions of passengers
A wooden boat carrying 60 passengers and crew sank in bad weather in eastern Indonesia, and all but one of those on board survived the accident. The Bervista went down late yesterday close to Rote island, said Piter Fina, an official from the region
Pirates armed with shotguns opened fire on a Malaysian fishing boat about nine nautical miles off the Parit Haji Baki coast here at 2am yesterday. Iskandar Kutil, 52, and his assistant known only as Sukiri, 40, escaped injuries when several shots whizzed past metres above their heads. One pellet was
At 1857 GMT yesterday, skipper Mike Sanderson steered ABN AMRO One across the VOR Leg 5 finish line in first place after 15 days, 2 hours, 47 minutes and 52 seconds at sea. Sanderson and team sailed under the Annapolis Bridge and across the finish line south-east of Sandy Point, 18 nautical miles fr
Nearly 3,000 people gathered at the Hamburg docks at dawn yesterday to witness the arrival of the world
Scientists have reported an unprecedented number of unaccompanied and possibly abandoned walrus calves in the Arctic Ocean, where melting sea ice may be forcing mothers to abandon their pups as the mothers follow the rapidly retreating ice edge north. Nine lone walrus calves were reported swimming i
A long-delayed doubling of submarine construction can’t begin any sooner than 2012 because of ongoing difficulties in getting costs under control, the Navy’s top officer who oversees submarine building said Monday. At a briefing for reporters, Rear Adm. William Hilarides, program executive officer f
