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Coast Guard begins hearing on Texas oil spil
Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:40.
(AP) An 800-foot tanker struggling with poor visibility and strong winds
apparently failed to center itself in a narrow waterway off the Gulf of
Mexico, possibly contributing to a collision with a tugboat that caused
the largest oil spill in Texas in 15 years, according to testimony and
evidence presented at a Coast Guard hearing on Tuesday. READ MOREGulf of Aden pirates are having less success
Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:38.
(latimes) Reporting from Manama, Bahrain - Although pirates last year made many
more attempts to board ships in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of
Somalia, the number of successful seizures was about the same as in
2008, according to the U.S.-organized multinational maritime force here. READ MOREDistress call spurs large-scale ocean search
Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 20:40.(workboat) Coast Guard officials are asking for the public's help in determining
whether a distress call that prompted a large search and rescue mission
in Penobscot Bay on Saturday was a legitimate emergency or a costly
hoax. READ MORE
Historic ship adrift, on the block
Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 13:49.
(usatoday) The SS United States, America's greatest ocean liner and the fastest
ship of its kind ever to cross the Atlantic, is in "imminent danger" of
being sold and ripped up for scrap, according to a preservation group. READ MORENorwegian ship hijacked off Madagascar
Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 13:47.
(ap) A chemical tanker with 21 crew members has been hijacked by Somali pirates near Madagascar, the Norwegian owner said Saturday. READ MOREPirates release Thai ship after payment
Submitted by admin on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 19:35.(CNN) Pirates released a Thai-flagged fishing vessel Sunday
after a ransom was paid, a European Union anti-piracy force said. It
did not say how much money was handed over. READ MORE
A sneak peek at Celebrity Cruises' next ship, the Celebrity Eclipse
Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 19:01.
(USA Today) Sunday was a big day for Celebrity Cruises fans as the third vessel in the line's much-heralded Solstice Class series, the Celebrity Eclipse,
emerged from the building at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg,
Germany where it has been under construction for the past year. READ MOREUS Navy awards General Dynamics NASSCO multi-million dollar contract
Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 13:35.
(brahmand) US Navy has awarded General Dynamics NASSCO, the wholly-owned subsidiary of General Dynamics an $824.6 million contract. READ MOREAbsalon sinks pirate ‘mother ship’
Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 13:32.
(Copenhagen Post) Danish forces boarded and sank a pirate control ship as part of Nato operations off the coast of Somalia. READMORETsunami Update: Coast Guard crews in Hawaii conduct port assessments, re-open waterways
Submitted by admin on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 14:18.U.S. Coast Guard crews completed port and waterways overflightassessments throughout the Main Hawaiian Islands and have found nosignificant damage as a result of the tsunami originating from theearthquake in Chile. READ MORE
