An oil spill fouled the waters of Howe Sound north of Vancouver on Friday, sending surfers scrambling out of the water. Dan Bate, a spokesman for the Coast Guard, said the cargo ship Westwood Anette hit a pier at a terminal and a fuel tank burst. “Coast guard emergency response is being dispatched,”
The world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean International’s (RCL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) (RCL.OL: Quote, Profile, Research) Freedom of the Seas, is to get a twin, Liberty of the Seas, within the next year — but the sisters won’t hold the No. 1 slot for long. A spokeswoman for Royal Caribbe
Four of five crew members were rescued today from the fishing vessel Laurel, which began taking on water about 120 miles southwest of Oahu Friday night, the Coast Guard reported. The 110-foot vesel radioed for help about 6:30 p.m. Friday, according to a Coast Guard news release. A Coast Guard C-130
Confrontational anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd is preparing to bring a bigger, faster and more powerful boat to Australia next month ahead of the next Japanese whale hunting season in the Southern Ocean. The new ship is called Leviathan and is being refitted in the Caribbean. It will depart for Aus
Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. has agreed to increase traffic to the Haifa port despite ongoing missile strikes by the Hizbullah in the area. As activity at the Haifa port has been reopened, the Manufacturers’ Association of Israel has called upon Zim, which is controlled by the Israel Corpor
Fishermen on board a Sea Harvest deep sea trawler escaped unscathed when their vessel collided with a giant ore carrier about 64km off Saldanha on Wednesday night. The 1 500-horsepower 46m Sea Harvest Tamara had 24 crew members onboard when the collision with the Anangel Splendour occurred at 10.30p
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has succeeded in verification testing of a combined-cycle power generation system incorporating two different types of power generation system: solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) and a micro gas turbine (MGT). The feat is unprecedented in Japan. MHI, under commissi
Posco, a major steel maker, said Thursday that it was interested in Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, one of the world’s largest shipbuilders. The shipyard’s shares surged. “We are looking with interest as it is a key customer, but nothing is currently being considered,” Posco said in a stat
The Blue Lady, a Norwegian passenger liner, and the Clemenceau, a French aircraft carrier, charted the same course to controversy
Mainboard-listed shipping and offshore marine firm Cosco Corp has secured three new contracts worth nearly US$75 million US dollars, or about S$123 million. One contract is to build a floating storage and offloading unit, which marks Cosco’s entry into the lucrative offshore engineering market. The
Colonna’s Shipyard in Norfolk won a $995,000 contract Thursday to repair and spruce up the Savannah, a famous maritime relic and a national historic landmark, anchored for years in the James River Reserve Fleet. The sleek white behemoth, launched in 1962 as the world’s first nuclear-powered cargo an
Five boats have been suspended in mid-air as part of preparations for the new Shetland Museum and Archives. A towering hall is a feature of the new museum in Lerwick, which is due to open to the public in Spring 2007. The boats have been winched into position in their new home, up to 14m […]
A ship ran aground in China’s 900-year-old Grand Canal dumping 200 tons of sulfuric acid into water, state media said Friday, in the latest incident to taint the country’s already severely polluted waterways. The official Xinhua News Agency said that pollution-control officials dumped 200 tons of li
The Ministry of Defence took delivery yesterday of the third of a four-strong class of naval landing ships built at Govan to support British military operations worldwide. The 16,000-tonne Cardigan Bay will join its Royal Fleet Auxiliary sisters Mounts Bay and Largs Bay after completing sea trials.
