State ferry authorities say population and job growth in the central Puget Sound area are expected to reverse a recent trend and increase ridership on their vessels by 70 percent over the next 25 years and require spending an additional $400 million on new boats.
Burning Giovanni tanker in Kaliningrad has supposedly sprang a leak. As a REGNUM correspondent was told by rescuers from the Emergency Ministry, who at this moment continue extinguishing fire at the vessel, a large slick appeared near the tanker.
Fire on the Russian tanker Jivanna at the Kaliningrad shipyard Yantar has been localised and extinguished, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry
Instead of launching nuclear warheads that could travel more than 4,000 miles, the refitted sub can now deliver as many as 66 special forces troops close to a target.
OPEC oil output fell 180,000 barrels per day in March as attacks on Nigeria’s oil industry left the members bound by formal supply limits pumping at the lowest rate this year and below their 28 million bpd ceiling.
The pirates who had seized a South Korean vessel off the coast of Somalia presented the terms of the release of 25 crew, including eight South Koreans, but the first negotiation ended with no tangible results, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul said on Thursday.
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On March 30th, 2006, a contract was signed between Vroon Offshore B.V. and Damen Shipyards Gorinchem for the design and construction of four Safety Standby Vessels 4711.
Japanese coast guard officials are questioning a sea captain whose cargo ship was attacked by pirates off the coast of Indonesia. Six pirates armed with swords attacked the Panamanian-registered Martha Verity in the Gelasa Strait
The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) signed 14 contracts in the first quarter of 2006 worth more than US$400 million with partners from Japan, Denmark, China, and the Netherlands.
Militants who captured a South Korean fishing vessel off the coast of Somalia denied Wednesday they were pirates and said they were defending their waters from illegal fishing.
Salalah Port yesterday received the cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 with 2,612 passengers on board; among them 1,614 were tourists and 998 crew members. A tour programme was organised to visit the touristic and historical monuments in Salalah
Two Dutch nationals, a husband and wife, were picked up by a passing freighter Tuesday afternoon near Cayman Brac, after they radioed a distress signal indicating that their boat was sinking.
Tidelands Oil & Gas Corp. said it was weighing a liquefied natural gas project off the coast of Long Beach, making it the fifth company to propose such a facility in Southern California.
