Bath, Maine | The great-granddaughter of the U.S. naval officer who defeated the Spanish fleet outside Cuba’s Santiago Harbor christened the latest U.S. Navy warship to bear the Sampson name on Saturday with a bottle of champagne. Clare Parsons, 68, of Wilmington, N.C., ended the ceremony with the c
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Statoil and Plains Exploration & Production have today signed an agreement whereby Statoil will acquire PXP
Kalmar has booked new tailor-made crane orders, including two super post-Panamax ship-to-shore (STS) cranes for MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp, on top of the 15 cranes already delivered to the terminal in 2004, and one Panamax STS container crane for Sweden
Crews started removing about 2,000 tons of an aluminum ore product from a cargo ship stuck about one mile east of Fort Lauderdale beach on Sunday night, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Clipper Lasco ran aground on Thursday when the 645-foot vessel became lodged in a reef. The boat, sailing fr
Pattaya City together with the Royal Thai Navy held a ceremony in sinking the Royal Ship
Sri Lankan battleships and warplanes have intercepted an alleged Tamil Tiger rebel weapons shipment off the island’s restive eastern coast, sinking the ship and killing up to 15 insurgents, military officials said. The vessel’s crew had refused to identify themselves, but hoisted a rebel flag during
J&J DENHOLM, the 140-year-old stalwart from the golden age of shipping on the Clyde, has created its own oilfield services division after hefty growth in Kazakhstan, and it expects to take in
Venezuelan and Iranian officials signed a series of cooperation accords to boost bilateral ties during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Efforts are on to salvage a merchant ship Kew Bridge which has been stranded off the Ratnagiri harbour since September 14. Three tugs from Mumbai have reached the spot where the ship has been grounded in soft mud. The Kew Bridge is an LPG carrier with about 8,000 metric tonnes of Liquified Petroleum
At this evening’s Rolex Award Ceremony, six skippers were awarded the St. Francis Yacht Club’s six Perpetual Trophies, earned for success in each of six racing classes during the Rolex Big Boat Series. Today’s final race – the Bay Tour, ranging from 14.21 to 15.44 nautical miles for the two division
Water levels in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, although constantly in flux, are showing a steady decrease, experts say. Lake levels can rise or drop as much as 6 feet in only a matter of years. However, concern is increasing that the overall level of the lakes is on a decline, the Milwaukee Journal-S
The fishing industry is set for a major shake-up, with the Federal Government set to spend $90 million buying up fishing licences. Two hundred licences will be bought back in the first round of the program, designed to ease pressure on the fish stocks and the environment. Fritz Drenkhahn from the So
A toxic waste-carrying vessel dubbed the
