Organisers are tipping race records in both the Melbourne to Hobart and Melbourne to Launceston yacht races, with both getting under way in warm, windy conditions late Tuesday afternoon.
SYDNEY – Wild Oats XI started to assert itself against rival super maxi Alfa Romeo this morning, after light overnight winds frustrated the Sydney to Hobart yacht fleet and dented prospects of a new race record.
SYDNEY: Alfa Romeo overtook Wild Oats as the super maxis headed south in under record pace on Monday in the 61st Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
SHANGHAI – Damcos, a leading ship management system producer, has recently completed a 5,000 square meter plant in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area, its first in China.
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The War of the Whales in the Southern Ocean has descended into verbal jousting, with Japanese whalers calling Greenpeace pirates.
Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI is on target to win the 61st Sydney to Hobart race and become the world’s fastest super maxi by breaking a six-year record in the process.
The European Commission has proposed repealing an exemption that allows ocean container carriers in the Atlantic to function in “conferences,” aimed at bringing more competition and lower prices in Atlantic shipping.
The War of the Whales in the Southern Ocean has descended into verbal jousting, with Japanese whalers calling Greenpeace pirates.
The cost of development land in Dubai has increased by 184% over the last year and a half, with prices still rising, according to a survey by CB Richard Ellis and Construction Weekly magazine. The result could mean tighter margins for developers and contractors.
HANGZHOU- The container thruput of east China’s Ningbo Port is reported to surpass 5 million as of Monday, up 20 percent over last year.
SEOUL (Yonhap) _ South Korea’s STX Group said Monday it aims to record 8 trillion won ($7.8 billion) worth of sales in 2006.
In perfect Sydney summer weather the 85 boats of the 2005 Rolex Sydney-Hobart fleet staged an incident free start to the race earlier today.
Wild and windy was the order of the day in Table Bay for the seven Volvo Open 70s taking part in the second in-port race of the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06. After two and a half hours and buckets of water washed over the deck
