A micro-weather station developed by ADA Technologies is being installed today on a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ship, where it will undergo rigorous testing of its ability to provide automated weather observations.
The 40-metric ton crane, mounted on a railroad-type track, struck the 534-foot-long container ship as it fell, causing a two-foot gash in the bow about 20 feet above the waterline, Coast Guard officials said.
Military officials from North and South Korea were at odds Friday over the North’s demand that they redraw their western sea border, as they met for a second day of high-level talks – the first such dialogue in nearly two years.
THE latest report into an accident involving the embattled Sydney Ferries fleet has criticised the master of a vessel for not undertaking pre-departure checks.
Chinese shipbuilders are gearing up to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers as the Government approves more projects to import the fuel, challenging yards in South Korea and Japan.
The world’s second-largest shipbuilder, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., is seeking to acquire shipyards for medium-sized vessels in Brazil, Angola and China, the sources said.
Archeologists have found a shipwreck from the late 1300s buried in the mud of a bay in central Stockholm, officials said Thursday.
Canadian Shipbuilding and Engineering has won a $45 million order for three new ships that will keep the St. Catharines, Ont., shipyard running at full employment for the next two years, the company said Wednesday.
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ABN AMRO TWO reports massive seas, 45 knots of wind and, at times, upwards of 35 knots of boat speed. They totally destroyed their code 6 spinnaker when the boat nose accelerated down an impressively large wave and the bow dug in, stopping the boat dead in her tracks.
The crew of Brasil 1 have stepped on the gas to move into second place, some 13 miles behind leader ABN AMRO ONE as the distance separating first and fifth-placed boats squeezes to less than 60 miles.
After the battering the fleet had as it rounded Cape Horn yesterday, the lighter winds that the crews now have as they sail around the southern side of The Falkland Islands is more than welcome. Spirits are rising and grins are back on the faces of the tired crews.
This Friday, the keel-laying ceremony for the first of three club ships of AIDA Cruises (Rostock) took place in Papenburg. The winner of the AIDA name contest, Sabine Mattenheimer from Bavaria, who works for a travel agency, laid the traditional lucky penny under the first of a total of 55 blocks.
THE registrar of a foreign fishing vessel places strong disciplinary action against its vessels, which breach licence. The comment comes from the directors of the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize.
