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Carnival earnings float above expectations
Carnival reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped market expectations on Friday, though shares lost ground amid reports that another of its ships was experiencing problems during a cruise. Continue reading
Red Sky At Night As Storm Dumps Dust On Town
A wall of dust picked up by a thunderstorm in western Australia amazed onlookers and engulfed ships as it passed out to sea. Continue reading
BP in Early Talks Over Nord Stream Link to Bring Russian Gas to UK
BP PLC (BP) is in early talks with the OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS)-led Nord Stream pipeline consortium, that ships Russian natural gas into Europe, over an extension of the link to carry the gas straight into the U.K., a spokesman said Sunday. Continue reading
China surveillance ships enter waters near disputed islands
TOKYO (Reuters) – Two Chinese marine surveillance ships entered what Japan considers its territorial waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea on Monday, prompting an official protest from Tokyo amid rising tension between Asia's two biggest economies. China's Xinhua news agency confirmed that two civilian surveillance ships were undertaking a “rights defense” patrol near the islands, citing the State Oceanic Administration, which controls the ships. Japan's Foreign Ministry said it had lodged an official protest with the Chinese envoy to Japan against the move Continue reading
6 Chinese boats near disputed islands
The Japanese government says six Chinese surveillance ships have entered Japanese waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea. Continue reading
China surveillance ships enter disputed waters with Japan
TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) – Six Chinese surveillance ships entered waters near disputed islands claimed by Tokyo and Beijing on Friday, raising the stakes in a long-running territorial row between Asia's two biggest economies. China's foreign ministry said that the ships entered the disputed waters to carry out maritime surveillance and that for the first time China was carrying out a mission of “law enforcement over its maritime rights”. Continue reading
Canadian shipbuilders fear navy will buy German vessels
Some Canadian shipbuilders are concerned a German company could be the leading contender to replace the navy’s aging sea support ships. Continue reading
Australia says six rescued, more than 140 missing from asylum boat
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Rescuers have pulled six people from the sea off Indonesia but authorities have grave fears for more than 140 more after a suspected refugee boat disappeared on its way to Australia, Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said on Thursday. Indonesian authorities are coordinating the search for the boat, which first reported to be in distress on Wednesday in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait, with several merchant ships and rescue helicopters at the scene, around 42 nautical miles off Java. Continue reading
2 Chinese ships hit by typhoon; 4 dead, 11 missing
A powerful typhoon pounded South Korea with strong winds and heavy rain Tuesday, while the nation's coast guard battled rough seas in a race to rescue fishermen on two Chinese ships that slammed into rocks off the southern coast. At least four fishermen died and 11 were missing. Continue reading
China warship refloated, pulled off disputed shoal
Chinese navy ships safely removed one of the country’s warships Sunday from a disputed shoal off the western Philippines where it had run aground while on a security patrol and sparked fears of another maritime standoff in the South China Sea. Continue reading
