In ten days’ work, Devonport-based survey ship HMS Echo found a string of sunken obstacles and wrecks – including what is believed to be a sunken amphibious ship from the Gaddafi era – in the waters of the capital Tripoli and the port of Al Khums. Lying some 160 feet (ft) beneath the surface
Read moreChina has steamed into the cruise industry with new terminals – along with big plans for more facilities and a luxury ship – to bring more foreign tourists ashore and capitalise on domestic travellers wanting to sail the high seas. But industry experts see trouble for the government-led initiative costing billions of dollars, including
Read moreManila: A new gateway that provides alternative trade links and inter-island routes in the south of the Philippines has been inaugurated. The roro facility at Blan International Port in Mindanao will serve the island’s booming vegetable farming market. Mindanao has been the scene of most of the Philippines terminal development in the past 12
Read moreRomanian frigate ROS Regele Ferdinand today joined the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) – Operation ATALANTA, combating piracy off Somalia. In doing so she becomes the first Romanian warship to take part in the EU’s counter-piracy operation. Commissioned into the Romanian Navy in 2004, the 146 metres long warship has a displacement of
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