A combustible plastic on the balconies of a Star Princess cruise ship may have played a major role in the quick spread of the March fire aboard the vessel that killed an American man and injured 13 passengers, a British marine agency said Thursday. A type of widely used plastic called polycarbonate
The world’s largest cruise ship – four times the size of the Titanic – is due to dock at Southampton, England, ahead of its inaugural trip. At 158,000 tonnes, the Freedom of the Seas has a pool with artificial waves for surfers, an ice rink and cantilevered whirlpools that extend out from the sides
A ferry carrying passengers and cargo on Lake Victoria has capsized and 28 people were missing and feared dead, Tanzanian police said. The MV Nyamanga was heading from Bukoba to Mwanza on the southern shores of the lake when it sank late Thursday night, police spokesman Juma Mtumwa said Friday. He s
Shipbuilding and support services firm VT Group has bought four vehicle support businesses for 87 million pounds in cash from RAC, part of insurer Aviva . The businesses’ activities include fleet management and administration, maintenance, repair and logistic support. VT said on Friday the acquisiti
WASHINGTON –Connecticut and Rhode Island lawmakers are seeking an additional $400 million for submarine funding in a new defense authorization bill that could help the Electric Boat shipyard, which is struggling with job losses. The funding was included in a spending proposal approved by a U.S. Hous
Another city, a different stretch of water, same result? The answer, perhaps surprisingly, is that this will not be a walk in the park for ABN AMRO ONE. Is this possible? Will the team who has dropped just four points to date and holds 22 points over their second placed rivals, movistar, realistical
Spectators at Baltimore
Sometimes timing can be everything. Forecasts up and down the eastern seaboard of the United States are warning of near gale force winds and huge seas developing over the weekend as a late season nor
Kongsberg Norcontrol IT will deliver a new VTMIS (Vessel Traffic Management and Information System) with Traffic Separation Schemes for the Canary Islands to Sociedad de Salvamento y Seguridad Mar
The U.S. Navy has added $13 million to American Superconductor Corp.’s $70 million contract to design a 36.5 megawatt motor for a new class of warship. American Superconductor is designing the motors with high-temperature superconductors, ceramic composites cooled to extremely low temperatures that
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Ericsson helmsman Guillermo Altadill will not sail again until the Portsmouth In Port race after exploratory surgery revealed unknown complications to a finger he broke during the first night of racing out of Spain. Altadill was helming when a big wave smashed him into the steering wheel and his fin
Baker Hughes, Diamond Offshore Drilling, National Oilwell Varco, Rowan Cos. and Newfield Exploration said Wednesday that first-quarter profits surged as high prices spurred demand for oil and natural gas drilling and field services. Baker Hughes’ net income gained 89 percent on sales of $2.06 billio
Keppel Corp, the world’s top builder of offshore oil rigs, on Thursday posted an 18 per cent rise in first quarter net profit as a boom in new rig orders fuelled by high oil prices filled its order books. With about 40 per cent of the offshore rigs under construction around the world being built [&h
