Hurricane Maria slowly intensified Monday over warm water far out in the open Atlantic, but it was a threat only to shipping interests, forecasters said.
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he 100th anniversary of the treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War was commemorated Monday with a re-enactment of the treaty signing, a 19-gun salute and a visit by the Japanese ambassador.
Rodney Ardern has already planned what he’ll do during Alinghi’s Christmas break. Forget a bit of skiing in Europe or a summer holiday in his home country New Zealand, Ardern is lining up to tackle the first three legs of the round-the-world ocean race on America entry Pirates of the Caribbean, skip
The Carnival Cruise company, founded and controlled by Israel’s Arison family, has been brought in to assist in the New Orleans disaster. The U.S. government has chartered three of Carnival’s luxury cruise liners – Ecstasy, Sensation and Holiday – for the next six months to provide temporary housing
A Malaysian shipping firm is holding talks with an Indian investor to set up a liquefied natural gas joint venture company and another for transportation of crude oil.
Two U.S. Navy destroyers were damaged when Hurricane Katrina struck their Mississippi shipyard Aug. 29, but by the following afternoon, the most serious damage had been repaired.
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The Hietalahti shipyard in Helsinki appears to be getting out of the business of building massive luxury cruise liners. The shipbuilder Aker Finnyards is also moving its head offices to Turku, and the shipyard in that city is already the focal point of the company’s production.
China Shipping Group and Allaluf, the parent company of its Israeli shipping agent Intermaritime signed an agreement which enabled the former to formally take over Intermaritime.
Team Germany are still in shock after watching one of their crew members nearly die on the second day of the America’s Cup pre-regatta in Malmo.
Team New Zealand were rocked by an upset loss to Italy’s +39 Challenge on the fourth day of the pre-Americas Cup sailing regatta in Malmo, Sweden, today.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers soon will dig out the first bucket of slimy sludge from the Clinton River, and that’s welcome news for Capt. Paul Gallas, whose cruise ship has been suffering from pain in the propeller because of low spots in the waterway.
