A new ambulance boat enters service in Nigerian inland waters as construction is underway on a new rescue craft in Croatia and a police patrol vessel for Tasmania in Aust ..
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Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | August 23 – Response boats for Kuwait, Iceland, Greece, and the US
A new fire and rescue craft has been delivered to an operator in Missouri while two other vessels are nearing completion before being handed over to customers in Iceland ..
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Captain of sunken Croatian tour boat arrested for drunk sailing
Croatian police have placed a boat captain under arrest for sailing while intoxicated after the vessel he was operating sank in the city of Split earlier this week. The s ..
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OBITUARY | Vittorio Morace, founder of Italy’s Liberty Lines
Vittorio Morace, the founder and the former chairman of Italian ferry company Liberty Lines, died earlier this week in Cadiz, Spain, at the age of 81. Nicknamed “Co ..
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FEATURE | New EU-funded robotic vessel concept to collect litter on seafloor
A system designed to clean litter from the seafloor is currently under development as part of a project aims to solve the problem of ocean litter with the help of unmanne ..
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Cargo ship crew face charges over collision that sank fishing boat off Palawan, Philippines
The Philippine Coast Guard has filed charges against four crewmembers of a foreign-flagged commercial vessel in connection with a collision incident that led to the loss ..
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Bankruptcy proceedings begin for Croatian shipyard
Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit has confirmed that it has begun undergoing preliminary bankruptcy proceedings under the guidance of a local court. Brodosplit filed for pr ..
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Tug sinking off southern Italy leaves three dead; two others missing
The Italian Coast Guard has confirmed that three people were killed after a tug sank off the country’s southern coast on Wednesday, May 18. The Italian-flagged Fran ..
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AWARDS 2021 | Best Medium Cruise Ship – Ultramarine – LMG Marin
Best Medium Cruise Ship – Ultramarine – LMG Marin This very smart-looking, 200-passenger cruise ship packs plenty of space and power into its 128 metres LOA. She is p ..
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Cypriot authorities will announce the ferry operator for the Piraeus-Cyprus line by the end of the month
By the end of March, the Cypriot Evaluation Committee will announce the ferry operator for the subsidized Piraeus-Larnaca or Limassol line. The specific ferry connection concerns 22 sailings without a stopover. Itineraries will start in April or May and will end in September or October. The one-way...