A clutch of German companies is now evaluating Bengal as a business destination for ship and shipyard builders.
Iran-Saei, which was named after Hadi Saei, Iran’s taekwondo gold medalist at the Athens Olympics, is 300 meters long and is capable of covering 18,000 nautical miles non-stop in international waters.
A cargo ship carrying aluminum sank in the Gulf of Finland after colliding with a second vessel on March 4. All crew members were safely evacuated onto a Russian icebreaker. The accident, which occurred in Estonia
Keppel FELS Ltd (Keppel FELS) has secured a contract from an India-based drilling contractor, Discovery Hydrocarbons Pvt Ltd, a Jindal Group Company, to build a KFELS B Class jackup valued at US$171 million.
Kuala Lumpur – Somalian pirates are believed to be demanding large ransoms for 32 captive sailors from India and other countries whose ships were hijacked in Africa’s most perilous waters, says a maritime watchdog on Wednesday.
Facing a salmon shortage on the ailing Klamath River, a fishing advisory board Wednesday sketched out ways to slash this year’s West Coast salmon catch that range from cutting the season by more than half to adopting an outright ban.
Rescue crews were searching Wednesday night for a man in the waters off Qualicum Beach after a fishing boat sank with one person aboard.
The 100-foot vessel and crew have been there ever since, effectively stranded while the 19th-century replica clipper undergoes extensive repairs, now almost complete.
Off the coast of Morehead City, the Army Corps of Engineers is dredging sand to help protect Blackbeard’s sunken flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge. The ship sunk in 1718 and exploration around the site has heightened over the last few years.
Volvo Open 70s were not made to go fast upwind, but that
Currently the leading boats are hard on the wind on port tack, heading north northwest in winds varying between 11 and 15 knots. According to the reports the conditions are wet and lumpy and life aboard must be very uncomfortable.
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Campaigners have stepped up their fight against plans to transfer large quantities of oil between ships in the Firth of Forth.
Tonnes of sand and shingle are to be shipped in to build up a beach as part of a multi-million pound scheme to stop a resort town crumbling into the sea.
