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|<< << 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 >> >>| News Headlines Economy to take oil hit in 2013 before North Sea recovery 2 months 27 days ago Added: Feb 25, 2013 09:33 Britain's faltering economy will take another hit from declining North Sea oil production this year before a mini-recovery takes hold in 2014, removing a handbrake on the country's growth in the medium term. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Reference beacons placed near crippled USS Guardian in Tubbataha Reef 2 months 27 days ago Added: Feb 25, 2013 09:20 Salvage operations for the stranded US minesweeper USS Guardian in Tubbataha Reef have resumed once more as fair weather conditions finally enabled the crane ship tasked to help in the process stabilize their position near the grounded ship. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Whaling conflict heats up near Antarctica 2 months 27 days ago Added: Feb 25, 2013 08:59 The battle between Sea Shepherd activists and whalers appears to be reigniting with more collisions in the Southern Ocean and the arrival of a Japanese military-style ship. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Fragments of ancient continent buried under Indian Ocean 2 months 27 days ago Added: Feb 25, 2013 08:56 Fragments of an ancient continent are buried beneath the floor of the Indian Ocean, a study suggests. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Defense minister: Russia to rearm Black Sea Fleet 2 months 27 days ago Added: Feb 25, 2013 08:49 Russia plans to rearm its Black Sea Fleet and is seeking talks with Ukraine on customs aspects of planned deliveries of new weapons to the naval force, Ukraine's defense minister said on Saturday. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Praise for UK shipping industry 3 months 0 days ago Added: Feb 22, 2013 11:28 Shipping businesses have been branded "vital" after a survey found they contributed more than £1bn to the North East economy. Read more Source: Maritime Connector How much bigger can container ships get? 3 months 0 days ago Added: Feb 22, 2013 11:22 The world's cargo ships are getting big, really big. No surprise, perhaps, given the volume of goods produced in Asia and consumed in Europe and the US. But are these giant symbols of the world's trade imbalance growing beyond all reason? Read more Source: Maritime Connector Rate increases and slow steaming boost profits at Maersk 3 months 0 days ago Added: Feb 22, 2013 11:17 Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping line, made a profit of $461m last year, a $1bn turnaround after the loss of $553m in 2011. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Germany Unveils First North Sea Offshore Wind-Power Network Plan 3 months 0 days ago Added: Feb 22, 2013 11:07 Germany unveiled plans for its North Sea power transmission network as Europe’s biggest economy seeks to connect about 25 gigawatts of offshore wind turbines to help replace nuclear reactors Chancellor Angela Merkel is closing. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Ship sinks in the middle of the East Sea, three crew members killed 3 months 0 days ago Added: Feb 22, 2013 10:01 A 296-ton Cambodian cargo ship carrying fish sank in waters 548 kilometers (340.5 miles) northeast of Ulleung Island at 7:04 a.m. yesterday, killing three, including two Korean sailors, the Sokcho Coast Guard said. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Dutch, Spanish navies detain nine 'pirates' off Somalia 3 months 0 days ago Added: Feb 22, 2013 09:18 The Dutch and Spanish navies on Tuesday detained nine alleged pirates off the Somali coast, the Dutch defence ministry said in a statement. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Abandoned crise ship Lyubov Orlova located 2,400 km from Ireland 3 months 0 days ago Added: Feb 22, 2013 09:11 According to a US intelligence agency a Russian cruise ship abandoned and adrift in the North Atlantic has been located about 2,400 kilometers off the west coast of Ireland. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Nine survivors of sunken Myanmar ship to be repatriated 3 months 0 days ago Added: Feb 22, 2013 08:51 Philippine officials will repatriate nine crewmembers of an ill-fated Myanmar ship that sank off Pangasinan last week, the Bureau of Immigration said late Thursday. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Supreme Court allows Italian marines charged with killing 2 Kerala fishermen to go home for voting 3 months 0 days ago Added: Feb 22, 2013 08:23 Two Italian marines charged with killing two Kerala fishermen in sea waters last year were today allowed by the Supreme Court to go to Italy to vote in elections. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Oil theft in Niger Delta region caused by poverty 3 months 0 days ago Added: Feb 22, 2013 08:21 The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Joseph Ezeoba has said that the state insecurity championed by increasing illegalities and oil theft in the Niger Delta region is as a result of poverty, high cost and chronic scarcity of refined petroleum products Read more Source: Maritime Connector Pomorska škola Split: Brodostrojari dobili simulator 3 months 0 days ago Added: Feb 22, 2013 08:01 Pomorska škola Split je dobila simulator strojarnice vrijedan 300 tisuća kuna koji zadovoljava sve zahtjeve STCW-2010. konvencije. Kako nam kazuje ravnatelj Dragan Pavelin, do sada su imali zastarjelu opremu s obzirom na izmjenu konvencije. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Usvojene izmjene i dopune Pomorskog zakonika 3 months 0 days ago Added: Feb 22, 2013 07:53 Vlada je na ju�erašnjoj sjednici usvojila kona�ni prijedlog Zakona o izmjenama i dopunama pomorskog zakonika kojim će se uskladiti podru�je pomorstva s pravnom ste�evinom EU. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Pirates reportedly demand $1.3M ransom 3 months 1 day ago Added: Feb 21, 2013 10:39 Source: Maritime Connector Russian ship adrift in Atlantic an 'environmental hazard' 3 months 1 day ago Added: Feb 21, 2013 10:37 The Lyubov Orlova, a Russian-built cruise ship adrift in the Atlantic after a failed bid to tow it to a scrapyard, poses an "imminent" environmental threat, a French green group warned Wednesday. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Officials mull nuclear power for ships on polar missions 3 months 1 day ago Added: Feb 21, 2013 10:12 China's polar expedition ships may use nuclear propulsion in the future, experts said, after one of the country's leading shipbuilders announced it has begun developing key technologies for nuclear-powered vessels. Read more Source: Maritime Connector |<< << 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 >> >>|