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A major search has been called off in the Channel Islands after a man’s body was discovered in a boat. Emergency services, including the coastguard, lifeboats, Channel Islands Air Search and police had been searching since the early hours.
With few details yet having been revealed by the Gibraltar authorities speculation over the actual reasons behind the incident have been flying throughout the day locally as the stricken cargo ship New Flame becomes the latest attraction for onlookers.
At around 6am this Sunday morning, two large ships collided off Europa Point. The cargo ship, laden with scrap metal has it’s bow embedded in the Reef commonly known as ‘La Seca’, which has prevented it from sinking. The tanker -freighting crude oil – has fortunately been taken to Algeciras.
An increase in poaching and extreme weather conditions have pushed fish stocks in British lakes to the point of collapse, an anglers’ group has said. Spawning conditions have been hit by two years of extreme weather, the National Association of Fisheries and Angling Consultatives (NAFC) said.
STX Shipbuilding Co., the world’s seventh-largest shipbuilder, said Sunday it has won a $1.5 billion contract from a Greek shipping company to build nine super container ships.
Firefighters battled through smoke and heat to quench a blaze early this morning in the bowels of a Navy ship in dry dock on South Boston’s waterfront. The fire in the steering gear room of the Sisler, a cargo ship, was reported just before 3 a.m., said fire department spokesman Steve MacDonald.
A British oil worker has been kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria, the Foreign Office has confirmed. The man was snatched from his car in the southern city of Port Harcourt on Friday morning.
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (Nasdaq:EGLE) today announced that it has completed the fleet acquisition from the parent of Anemi Maritime Services, a private Greek shipping company. The Company had previously reported this transaction on July 25, 2007.
Ship Finance International Limited, today announced that it has agreed to acquire five new offshore supply vessels from Deep Sea Supply Plc. (‘Deep Sea’ or the ‘Charterer’) based on a total delivered price of $198.5 million.
Stealthgas Inc., a ship-owning company serving the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sector of the international shipping industry, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire its 39th LPG carrier, the M/V ‘Gas Premiership’, a 2001 built, 7,200 cbm Fully Pressurized (‘F.P’) LPG carr
South Korea’s STX Shipbuilding Co. (KSE:067250), the world’s seventh-largest shipbuilder, has won a 1.33 trillion won (US$1.4 billion) order to build nine container ships.
Three people were seriously hurt when their boat crashed into the harbour entrance at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Minutes earlier the group were told by police not to set off because it appeared they had been drinking and had no life jackets or lights.
A Russian cargo ship called the Chelyabinsk, has rescued 25 African nationals from the Mediterranean Sea. They had been stranded in a boat for over three weeks.
