Three Indian naval ships have arrived in Colombo to provide sea training for Sri Lanka naval (SLN)cadets exposing them to various naval operations at sea, under India-Sri Lanka “Training Exchange Programme,” said a press release from Indian Embassy in Sri Lanka issued Thursday. The commanding office
The government of the Netherlands has come forward to finance the lifting a dredger, Diya Kowulla, of the Sri Lankan Ports Authorities from Galle quay. The dredger was stranded in the Galle quay when the tsunami waves hit the country on December 26. According to a statement from the embassy, Mrs. S.
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — An unarmed Tomahawk cruise missile completed a successful test flight over north Florida and the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday. It was lowered by parachute at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida’s western Panhandle.
As many as 2,500 passengers aboard Carnival Cruise Line
Bandar Seri Begawan – The German luxury cruise ship MS Europa is scheduled to dock at Muara Port on Monday, March 14, at 2pm, providing an opportunity for locals to witness its arrival. Currently on her 282nd cruise around the world, the ship will leave the country on the same day at 7pm for Ho [&he
Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd , a shipping company specializing in the seaborne transportation of dry bulk cargoes such as iron ore, coal and grains, announced that it has agreed to acquire a Handymax bulk carrier, MV IDC 2, for a purchase price of $15.5 million.
Readers will have seen P&O Nedlloyd Heemskerck arrive in Cape Town yesterday, not on Saturday, as I predicted last week. A kaput shoreside container gantry delayed her in Durban and in Port Elizabeth she suffered a weather delay, causing a considerable rewrite of P&O Nedlloyd’s well-laid plans for t
Toll Shipping hopes to get the green light from the Maritime Safety Authority (MSA) today to resume passenger services on its trouble-plagued Interislander ferry Aratere. The MSA banned the Aratere from carrying passengers on February 10 after steering failure on the ferry entering Wellington harbou
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The Halifax-class patrol frigate HMCS Winnipeg is preparing to deploy in early spring for a period of six months to the Arabian Gulf region to operate with the 5th Fleet of the United States Navy in the continuing campaign against terrorism known as Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Canadian Forces pa
With Navy leaders envisioning a fleet of smaller, faster and more agile ships, the future of the country’s large shipbuilders is sinking fast. Last month, Navy leaders pulled the plug on a plan to subsidize the United States’ two large shipyards — Maine’s Bath Iron Works and Northrop Grumman’s Ingal
An unusual dredging project defined as a “science project” on Whitefish Lake won narrow approval from the Whitefish City Council on Monday. To rid Bay Point of an excessive silt accumulation, the Bay Point Homeowners Association asked for a major variance to dredge the marina. The plan is to suck ou
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is again taking a run at dredging the silt-clogged shipping channel of the Lower Snake River. The agency released a draft plan Tuesday to remove sediment from five low spots on the river, including the berthing areas of the ports of Lewiston and Clarkston.
State environmental officials will face off with Sierra Club representatives about the proposed dredging of the Assawoman Canal when they reconvene in Dover on March 22 at the state Environmental Appeals Board meeting. The meeting represents the second round in the latest battle between those who wa
