A stricken container ship is sheltering off the Devon coast after it was holed in the English Channel. The London-based MSC Napoli was stranded about 50 miles off the Lizard, Cornwall on Thursday.
Anti-pollution teams are on standby after a massive ship carrying potentially dangerous chemicals beached one mile off the Devon coast. The MSC Napoli, which was holed in the English Channel on Thursday, is carrying 2,394 containers.
The Ferretti Group, one of the leading companies in the world within the sphere of designing and building luxury motor yachts and sporting boats, will be at Boot 2007 with an incredible fleet of 11 motoryachts exhibited at a smart, exclusive new stand. The Ferretti Group will consolidate its leaders
Royal Navy rescuers who saved 26 men from a life-raft after they abandoned their ship have described the conditions they endured as horrific. Crewmembers from the MSC Napoli were rescued by helicopters from RNAS Culdrose after the ship was holed in storms 50 miles (80km) off Cornwall.
At least 60 people are feared drowned after their boat capsized in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Police say more than 80 people were on board the vessel, most of them pilgrims on their way to a religious festival.
A CONTAINER ship collided with another ship and sank at the mouth of the Yangtze River last night due to poor visibility caused by dense fog. The 14 crew members on board were rescued hours after they were pulled into the cold water in the accident, said the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration’s
after hitting rocks, has prompted a series of safety seminars in Northern Ireland. The family of Conor Bogues, whose body has never been found, called for more to be done to protect fishermen after the tragedy a year ago.
Hawaii Superferry Inc. confirmed Thursday night that its first ferry has successfully moved from drydock onto a barge, the first stage of launching it. The 100-meter vessel has been under construction at the Austal shipyard in Mobile, Ala., since June 2004.
Luna Rossa ITA 94 was launched today from the Team base. As in the past editions Miuccia Prada was the godmother of the event. At 11.30 a.m. she smashed a bottle of Gran Cuvée Brut 2002, a Franciacorta from the Bellavista wine cellars, on the bow of the new boat.
The operation to salvage a British freighter abandoned by its crew after it was holed and took on water 50 miles (80km) off Cornwall is continuing. The 26 crewmembers of the 62,000-tonne MSC Napoli were rescued by two helicopters from RNAS Culdrose. No-one suffered major injuries.
A luxury cruise ship, Sky Wonder, with 1,600 people on board ran aground on a sandbank about three kilometers from Buenos Aires, Navy Prefecture said on Thursday. The ship set off from Buenos Aires on Wednesday, heading for the Atlantic resort of Punta del Este in Uruguay.
The wreck of a Dutch East India Company ship discovered by divers off the Kent coast in 2004 is to be protected. The armed merchant vessel the Rooswijk sank in a storm in December 1739 with the loss of all 250 on board.
A container ship broke from its moorings during the storm that hit the Netherlands Thursday, rupturing a pipeline to the oil terminal and causing a severe oil spill, port authorities said. The Claudel broke loose shortly after midday and rammed a quay belonging to the Maasvlakte Oil Terminal (MOT).
OSHA reports that workers in the ship repair industry will be safer thanks to the partnership between OSHA and the Virginia Ship Repair Association, Inc. (VSRA). The VSRA has over 160 member companies that work in or support the ship repair industry in Virginia and along the Mid-Atlantic coast of th
