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‘Danger’s Hour’ struck Quincy-made ship in ’45
Boston Herald | It was the fall of 1943, the height of World War II, and a task force of fast new aircraft carrier...
Crew onboard hijacked ship are "desperate": report
CNBC BERLIN - The 24 hostages on board a German ship that was hijacked by Somali pirates in April have no...
Crew onboard hijacked ship are "desperate": report
Yahoo Daily News | BERLIN (Reuters) – The 24 hostages on board a German ship that was hijacked by Somali pirate...
| Glut could send oil prices crashing
Gulf News | A year after the price of oil closed at an all-time high, prices are way down - and may fall signi...
Oil glut could push gas prices below $2 a gallon
Newsday Energy experts say oil supply is outstripping demand; when storage space gets tight distributors wil...
Speculators causing oil price fluctuations, says NEA chief
China Daily | The inflow of hot money, or investments by speculative institutional investors, is the main reason...
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Lake, river cruises cater to dining needs
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | So you want to have dinner on the water but don't have any friends with a boat? No worries. Severa...
Clelia II Cruises into the Twin Ports
MSNBC updated 10:17 p.m. ET July 4, 2009 | A new visitor cruised into the Twin Ports during the Fourth of ...
City must address cruise industry woesCruise business set to drop in 2010 by 30 per ...
Canada Dot Com | CEOs from Vancouver's airport, port and tourist agencies met in a Canada Place boardroom last mont...
| Maersk Tankers sees pick-up in M&A activity
The Guardian By Peter Levring and Rasmus Jorgensen COPENHAGEN, July 1 (Reuters) - Maersk Tankers, the world's lar...
Smooth sailing for 'oil-free' food
Seattle Times | SEQUIM - Let us follow a strawberry, flush from the field as it travels on wind and water - but wi...
Ohio Senate's tax break for oil industry opposed
The Columbus Dispatch Ohio's budget plan would give a tax break to the oil industry at a time when state revenue has plumm...
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Tri-nation exercises against oil spill at sea
The Daily Tribune | 07/05/2009 | The Philippines, Japan and Indonesia will hold a three-day joint exercise in combatin...
EPA is proposing regulations to cut air pollution from oceangoing tankers and cargo ships
Star Tribune | WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing tougher rules to reduce air pollutio...
Infoterra completes oil slick project off Seychelles
Energy Current 6/23/2009 | LEICESTER, UK: Infoterra Ltd., a provider of geographic information products and service...
| Cargo traffic at major ports registers growth in first quarter
The Times Of India | Text: NEW DELHI: In an indication of maritim...
Ports of call
Philadelphia Daily News Chart your course for the best tastes of the seaside, where some favorites have dropped anchor in ne...
Picketed port firm secures order to stop obstructions
Irish Times Banks urged to disclose errorsHot Rod the headline act on a weekend with something for allFiddler pu...
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Earn our trust or go, Afghan villagers tell Marines
The Boston Globe | SORKHDOZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The mullah's message was blunt. We don't trust you and if you don't earn our trust, our first meeting will be our last. | ... |
Earn our trust or go, Afghan villagers tell Marines
CNBC SORKHDOZ, Afghanistan - By Peter Graff | The mullah's message was blunt. We don't trust you and if you don't earn our trust, our first meeting will be our last. | With that, he stood abruptly and walked out of his first "shura," or council meeting, w... |
Earn our trust or go, Afghan villagers tell Marines
Yahoo Daily News | SORKHDOZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The mullah's message was blunt. We don't trust you and if you don't earn our trust, our first meeting will be our last. | With that, he stood abruptly and walked out of his first "shura,"... |
Parade marshal pulls out over Navy Cross claim
Review Journal | FERNLEY -- A new grand marshal led Fernley's annual Fourth of July parade after organizers' first choice withdrew because he could not prove he had received a top military medal. | Andrew "Andy" LePeilbet, who has earned the Distinguished Service C... |
Navy 'sex games' being investigated in Australia
The Examiner Comment RSS Email Print | HMAS Success | Reports are coming out of Australia that some male sailors in the Royal Navy are being investigated ... |
BMC ropes in navy, army to supervise Ganeshotsav security
The Times Of India | 5 Jul 2009, 1344 hrs IST, PTI Text: MUMBAI: Amid intelligence reports of threats on the western coast, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) authorities have for the first time roped in ... |
Probe into Navy sex bet scandal
The Australian | FURTHER disciplinary action could be taken after four sailors on the navy supply ship HMAS Success were sent home for allegedly staging a contest to see how many female sailors they could bed during an extended sea voyage. Navy chief Vice Admiral R... |
Cargo traffic at major ports registers growth in first quarter
The Times Of India | Text: NEW DELHI: In an indication of maritime trade picking up, the country's top 12 state-owned ports registered growth of 1.89 per cent in handling cargo during the first quarter of the curren... |
Australian navy probes sex bet allegations
Inquirer | MELBOURNE, Australia—The Navy is investigating allegations that male sailors ran a betting ring offering rewards for having sex with female colleagues, Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Sunday. | Gillard confirmed reports that a navy inquiry... |
Ports of call
Philadelphia Daily News Chart your course for the best tastes of the seaside, where some favorites have dropped anchor in new locales. | By Craig LaBan | Inquirer Restaurant Critic | There's an almost tidal transience to the Jersey Shore dining scene that can be disconcerti... |
Obama leaves for foreign ports today
Ohio | WASHINGTON: Determined to change the way the world views the United States, Barack Obama is onto his next foreign mission: rebuilding relations with Russia, proving to global leaders that America is serious about climate change and outlining his vi... |
Time of the ancient Mariner
The Boston Globe | For as long as Jon Lester could remember, Ken Griffey Jr. was a part of his childhood. Growing up in Tacoma, Wash., just outside Seattle, Lester felt spoiled. Any summer day from the time he was 5, when Griffey made his big league debut, Lester cou... |
No holiday for marching Marines
Denver Post Bravo Company marks July 4 with trek through grueling heat of southern Afghanistan | U.S. troops salute during a Fourth of July ceremony at a base camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday. Few Marines marching across Afghanistan even realized it was t... |
Marines fight heat in Afghan drive
The News & Observer | NAWA, Afghanistan Taliban militants were nowhere in sight as the columns of U.S. Marines walked a third straight day across southern Afghanistan. But the desert heat proved an enemy in its own right, with several troops falling victim Saturday to t... |
Marines march in grueling Afghan sun for July Fourth
USA Today Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | By Joe Raedle, Getty Images U.S. Marines and a bomb sniffing dog manuever march in Mian Poshteh, Afghanistan, Saturday. The Marines are part of Operation Khanjari. By Jason Straziuso, As... |
Marine's dress uniform is stolen
Herald Tribune | HOLIDAY - The dress-blue uniform of a Marine was stolen from his car parked outside his mother's house in west Florida, the 20-year-old man said. | ... |
Insurgents assault American outpost hundreds of miles from Marine offensive.
Austin American Statesman | KABUL, Afghanistan — Insurgents armed with rockets, mortars and a truck bomb staged an unusual frontal attack Saturday on a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan, killing two American soldiers and forcing the defenders to call in airstrikes to avo... |
‘Danger’s Hour’ struck Quincy-made ship in ’45
Boston Herald | It was the fall of 1943, the height of World War II, and a task force of fast new aircraft carriers was leading America’s assault in the Central Pacific. | By the end of the following year, these carriers and their crews and pilots had wreste... |
Heat tests Marines, hampers militants
The Oklahoman Comments 0 | NAWA, Afghanistan — Taliban militants were nowhere in sight as the columns of U.S. Marines walked a third straight day across southern Afghanistan. But the heat proved an enemy in its own right, with several troops falling victim S... |
Marines march through grueling Afghan deserts
MSNBC updated 10:45 p.m. ET July 4, 2009 | NAWA, Afghanistan -- Taliban militants were nowhere in sight as the columns of U.S. Marines walked a third straight day across southern Afghanistan. But the desert heat proved an enemy in its ownadvertisement | On... |
Clelia II Cruises into the Twin Ports
MSNBC updated 10:17 p.m. ET July 4, 2009 | A new visitor cruised into the Twin Ports during the Fourth of July holiday. Saturday's first of six visits by a foreign flagged cruise ship marks the rebirth of the Cruising industry on the Great Lakes | It was a... |
Marine biologist dives into food venture
Inquirer | ILOILO CITY – Cooked to perfection, reasonably priced and most importantly – fresh as can be. | This was what marine biologist Raymundo Robles had in mind when he struggled to woo customers to his seafood restaurant 23 years ago. | Gone are the day... |
Sailing: life, death and the shipping forecast
The Times | The great pleasure of ocean voyaging, as opposed to day sailing, is that as the land drops away astern, all the woes and worries that afflicted you on dry land - all the things you ought to have done, but have left undone, all the drab detritus and... |
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