YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa Pref. (Kyodo) The Aegis-equipped cruiser USS Shiloh, which can intercept ballistic missiles, arrived Tuesday to take up new duties at the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka. The 9,957-ton cruiser, which left its home port of San Diego, will replace the USS Chancellorsville and be forward-
The German-built Coastal Renaissance, B.C. Ferries’ new Super C-class vessel, began construction yesterday. The Coastal Renaissance is the first of three Super C-class vessels being built in Germany, and is expected to replace aging ferries between Departure Bay and Horseshoe Bay in 2008.
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HELPED by a spell of good weather, the major dredging contract at Eastland Port Ltd is now about half completed. Marine operations manager Captain Robert Mitchell said the contract carried out by the Port of Otago suction dredge New Era would take about another two to three weeks. He was confident t
After years of delays, plans for the dredging of Columbia’s lakes Kittamaqundi and Elkhorn are moving forward, as Columbia Association official are weighing technical proposals and hoping to award a contract by as soon as May. For years, both manmade lakes have been overcome with algae and sediment,
FORENSIC officers last night boarded a passenger ferry as part of their investigation into the death of three crewmen whose yacht disappeared while crossing the Solent. The bodies of James Meaby and Rupert Saunders, both 36, and Jason Downer, 35, were pulled from the Solent following a coastguard se
Divers investigating a newly discovered sunken ship in a channel near Port Aransas said an exploratory dive provided some answers but also raised lots of questions. The team of divers made a reconnaissance dive Monday to examine the ship, which a parasailer spotted this summer in about 20 feet of wa
A Danish-Bahrain joint venture company, which will run Bahrain’s ports, will invest $62 million in new equipment over the coming two years, it was revealed yesterday. APM Terminals Bahrain, a joint venture between Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Holdings (20pc) and Maersk A/S, a company fully owned by the Dan
Two Japanese fisherman have been released from Russian custody, after being detained for allegedly fishing in disputed waters. Their boat was discovered earlier this month around islands that both nations claim are part of their territory. Russian guards opened fire, killing one man. The other three
A transatlantic rower has land in his sights after “an adventure” lasting more than 60 days. Rob Munslow, 28, from Monmouth, south Wales, has rowed solo and unsupported across the north Atlantic in a bid to beat a record. The rower started his ocean-wide journey from St John’s in Canada to the Scill
The replica of the 18th century Swedish merchant ship “Gotheborg” arrived in China’s largest commercial center Shanghai Tuesday after a 10-day voyage from Guangzhou, capital of south China’s Guangdong Province. The ship is scheduled to stay in the metropolis for two months before a two-week stay in
MUMBAI: Diversifying from its core business of providing various services to offshore oil and gas companies, Dolphin Offshore is planning to get into ship-building by acquiring a ship yard. According to Satpal Singh, joint managing director, Dolphin Offshore Enterprise, the company is in negotiation
SMM is increasingly becoming a platform for the upmarket segment of super yachts. This special area is presented at the SMM at Hamburg Trade Fair by prestigious shipyards, and all relevant equipment suppliers exhibit at the leading shipbuilding fair. For the first time this year there will be a spec
THE “wrong decision” by the captain of the ill-fated M/T Solar I to set sail despite bad weather led to the tanker
