Repair of the ferry R.H. Dedman is on schedule for the vessel to be back in operation today, an official said Thursday. Scheduled maintenance and unexpected breakdowns cut the fleet to a pair of boats for much of this week, annoying frequent floaters between Galveston and Bolivar Peninsula.
Tanker company BP Shipping, part of the oil giant BP Group, wants to work with charterers and owners to reduce air pollution from its operations, it was reported today.
The debut of the Emma Maersk has already prompted industry debate about whether its true capacity is the 11,000-teu declared by Maersk, or maybe 13,500-teu, or even 1,000-teu more.
The founder and former chief of Daewoo Group, Kim Woo Choong, remains in prison after losing an appeal Friday against a conviction for embezzlement and fraud, but has had his jail sentence reduced. Kim, 69, who was found guilty and sentenced 10 years in May, had his prison term cut to eight-and-a-ha
An inquiry into the sinking of HMS Sheffield at the height of the Falklands War has said crew were poorly trained and equipment was inadequate. The ship sank on 4 May 1982 with the loss of 20 men after being hit by an Argentine missile fired from a plane.
Total has been awarded an exploration licence for block L3, on the Dutch Continental Shelf, in the Netherlands. The block is situated 100 kilometres offshore north of Den Helder, within water depths of around 40 metres, and covers 406 square kilometres. The licence is granted for four years. The nat
Britain’s three sailors in the 5 Oceans around-the-world race are experiencing mixed fortunes as the fleet heads down the west coast of north Africa. Mike Golding’s boat was hit by a giant squid, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston savoured a bottle of Rioja wine and Alex Thomson was preparing to climb his mast
It may seem an unusual plea for a scientist to make. But unless consumers change their fish eating habits, according to new research, current stocks could be wiped out by 2048. And with this in mind, one of the authors of the report, which was published in the American journal Science, has conjured
Global fish stocks could be almost eliminated within 50 years if current trends continue, says a major scientific study. The UK Government is considering its response to the report, published in the journal Science, but it has ruled out a ban on cod.
The Ferretti Group is the top Italian company and twenty-eighth of the 500 Hot Growth Companies in Europe. This emerged from research carried out by the important English magazine ‘Business Week’, which ranked the companies on the basis of their turnover growth compared with the sales volumes and nu
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world’s largest shipbuilder, on Thursday reported a 21 percent increase in third-quarter net profit, boosted by a gain in new orders. Profit rose to 201.9 billion won (US$215 million;
.C. Ferries has awarded Victoria Shipyards a $9-million contract to modify the Sonia, the ship which will replace the Queen of the North. About 150 people will work on the ship, which is due to arrive in Victoria about Dec. 16. Malcolm Barker, Victoria Shipyards general manager, said he is delighted
Vessel caps on crab vessels fishing cooperatively in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands under crab rationalization came up for review by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council in their October meeting. The council adopted a motion requesting staff to expand a discussion paper on vessel caps t
STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Rescuers on Thursday called off the search for a crew member missing after a Swedish freighter sank in a Baltic Sea storm, killing one and leaving 12 others hospitalized. The crew, from the Philippines and Sweden, jumped into the water as the 155-meter-long (508-foot-long) Finnbir
