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.
NATO established Operation Active Endeavor after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the US to monitor and protect the sea lanes of the Mediterranean, through which 30% of the world’s maritime traffic passes.
Negotiations having failed so far, the Indian Navy is ready with a contingency plan to rescue the 21 Indian and 11 other sailors held hostage on a cargo ship by Somalian sea pirates since late last month.
The Energy Department said Thursday it was working with GE Co. on a $27 million year contract to develop a new offshore wind power system.
FOSNAVAG, Norway: Bourbon Offshore Norway AS is paying $52 million to China’s Zhejiang Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. for four platform supply ships.
Indonesian marines launched an anti-terrorism drill in the Strait of Malacca on Wednesday, storming a ship to free hundreds of passengers held hostage by men posing as terrorists.
Five Ulster fishermen were recovering last night after making a dramatic escape from a burning boat when it caught fire 25 miles out to sea.
Shell and Statoil have signed an agreement to work towards developing the world’s largest project using carbon dioxide (CO2) for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) offshore. The
TWENTY-four people disappeared from cruise ships between 2003 and 2005 and 178 passengers reported being sexually assaulted, a US congressional panel has been told.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a report of its investigation into the collision between one of the largest container vessels, the German registered Savannah Express and the linkspan at 201 berth, Southampton Docks on 19 July 2005.
Little more than steel boxes, containers have shaped economic history for 50 years – altering everything from the fate of nations to the price of pants.
