The Royal Caribbean Mariner on the Seas is back out on the water tonight for a new cruise. It departed just hours after a trip that was marred by the spread of a stomach virus. The ship, carrying more than 3,000 passengers, arrived at Port Canaveral early Sunday morning after a week in ports like [&
The grounded Safmarine Agulhas is an unsalvageable wreck and the rest of its cargo cannot be removed, the National Port Authority (NPA) said on Saturday. “It’s now referred to as a wreck… It can’t be refloated,” said NPA East London spokesperson Terry Taylor. He said it was too dangerous for salvors
AN EXECUTIVE minister is being investigated by Scotland’s spending watchdog over a controversial decision on the building of a fisheries protection vessel. The Auditor General, Robert Black, has launched a preliminary inquiry into the ruling by Ross Finnie, the Environment and Rural Development Mini
For the first time in six years a nuclear submarine has docked in Southampton’s commercial port. HMS Tireless arrived on Monday for a five-day stay. The Navy now wants to use the port more often and leaflets detailing what to do in the event of an emergency were given to locals before the sub arrive
After a memorable Race Finish on Saturday in Liverpool, the Clipper Fleet is preparing to head back to their base in Royal Clarence Yard, Gosport. Nine of the Clippers will slip at 1400 today to lock out of Albert Dock, and head home after their 35,00 mile around the world race. Liverpool will be st
Police officers investigating the shooting of Charlieville fisherman Shazard Mohammed at the Gulf of Paria on Friday night, have seized a gun believed to have been used in the shooting by a Coast Guard officer. The gun will be taken to the Forensic Science Centre today for a ballistic expert to carr
Danger lurked around the Bombay High oil field on Sunday when MV OEL Vision, a cargo vessel, drifted perilously towards a rig after its generators went off and the ship lost propulsion. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) officials said the ship is
Marina di Ravenna, Italy
Winning the IRC 2 Class on the opening day is a good indication of who will be challenging for honours during the rest of Skandia Cowes Week. This year it appears the Commodores’ Cup boats are all in top form. Despite high expectations from Adam Gosling on his Corby 37 Yes! Murphy and Nye, it [&hell
Two fishermen are feared dead after their boat was capsized off the NSW mid-north coast by what is believed to have been a whale. The pair were among four people aboard a five metre runabout near North West Solitary Island, off Woolgoolga, when it was capsized just before 9.30pm (AEST) yesterday. A
Up to 17 illegal immigrants, believed to be from Africa, are missing off the coast of Malta after their boat sank. Maltese armed forces said they were searching for the missing migrants after an Italian fishing boat rescued 13 others who were found swimming. The survivors have been taken ashore, loc
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Twenty-five sailors who were taken hostage in April off Somalia’s lawless coast were released Sunday after more than $800,000 in ransom was paid, a Somali militia commander said. The sailors were headed to the Seychelles islands off the coast of Africa, the commander, Abdi Moham
ANCHORAGE, Alaska That cargo ship that’s practically on its side off the coast of Alaska keeps drifting slowly. But it’s unlikely to hit anything, since in the direction it’s moving, the nearest land is 16-hundred miles away.
The grounded Safmarine Agulhas is an unsalvageable wreck and the rest of its cargo cannot be removed, the National Port Authority (NPA) said. Terry Taylor, the NPA East London spokesperson, said it was too dangerous for salvors to remove the remaining 90 containers from the flooded holds. The 19-yea
