San Juan, Puerto Rico – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and U.S. Coast Guard personnel discovered 157 Dominicans aboard a small overloaded boat Tuesday afternoon. Eleven of the migrants were turned over to CBP Border Patrol agents for ...

At half past eight this morning, the chemical Tanker Ruth Theresa called Dover Coastguard reporting that they were broken down and drifting but effecting repairs. At 0900 the master requested tug assistance. The coastguard Tug 'Anglian Monarch' was instructed ...

 At twenty minutes to three this morning, Milford Haven Coastguard was alerted by Falmouth Coastguard of an EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon). As the 406 mhz EPIRB is registered on a database, the Coastguard were quickly able to ...

  RPM International Inc. (NYSE:RPM) has reported record sales, net income and diluted earnings per share for its fiscal 2009 first quarter ended August 31, 2008. Sales and earnings growth in the company's industrial segment offset declines in sales ...

Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) , an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a potential $37 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, California, to supply additional multiband shipboard satellite ...

 Mackinac State Historic Parks (MSHP) has recently begun the development of an innovative art museum and learning center in the 1830s-era Indian Dormitory on Mackinac Island, due to open in the summer of 2010. The project has been generously ...

Afri-Can Marine Minerals Corporation ("Afri-Can") (TSX VENTURE:AFA)(FRANKFURT:AJF) reports that International Mining and Dredging Holding Ltd. (IMDH) has advised that the conversion of the contracted sampling vessel MV DP The Explorer is well advanced and approaching completion. The vessel recently ...

Pusser’s®, "the single malt of rum", has added a magnificent "Yachting Decanter" to its popular range of rum-filled ceramics that includes decanters, flagons and hip flasks. This decanter pays tribute to the history of yacht racing.  The feature scene painted ...

Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has released the final report into the Varanus Island offshore gas pipeline incident which occurred in June this year. The report, prepared for the Department of Industry and Resources (DoIR) by the National ...

Austal has been awarded the 2008 Advanced Manufacturer of the Year at the inaugural AMTIL Advanced Manufacturing Awards, held in Melbourne recently. The Advanced Manufacturing Awards recognise Australian companies that incorporate leading edge practices, technologies and organisational cultures to ...

Transocean Inc. (NYSE:RIG) announced today that its board of directors has unanimously approved moving the place of incorporation of its group holding company from the Cayman Islands to Switzerland. Transocean’s shareholders will be asked to vote in favor of ...

Galway RNLI Lifeboat recovered the body of a woman from rocks near the Enterprise Park at Galway Harbour this morning (Thursday 9th October). The woman who had been missing since last evening (Wednesday, 8th October) had fallen into the ...

At quarter past five this morning, the car carrier Victoria VI called Dover Coastguard reporting that they were broken down and anchored with a broken crankshaft bearing. The Coastguard Tug 'Anglian Monarch' was instructed to proceed, to standby the ...

Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) joined the Association of Sail Training Organisations (ASTO) Small Ships' Race this year for the first time on 4th October, 2008. The Agency's team, sailed in Challenger 2 "William PG". The race has been ...

On Thursday, October 16, Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) will bid farewell to America during a celebratory call befitting of the company's longest-serving ocean liner. The historic occasion will mark the iconic ship's 706th and final call to New ...

  The Travel Industry Association and National Geographic Traveler magazine recently named Icy Strait Point, Alaska's only private cruise ship destination, the winner of a "Travel to a Better World" award for sustaining an indigenous culture or community. Given ...

Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE:BRS) has issued the following status update about the effect on Bristow of the recent storms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM). A total of four bases were damaged by Hurricane Ike: Galveston, Intracoastal City, ...

  Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company – the nation’s first provider of green insurance for buildings and homes – is now expanding its environmentally-friendly coverage to watercraft with a new green Hull and Machinery product. This is the first-ever green ...

St. Andrews Lock and Dam will be closed to marine vessels at midnight Tuesday, October 14, 2008, for the season. Navigation through the lock will be discontinued on this date, and reopen in spring 2009. Weather permitting, we will ...

Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) has announced that Peter Jacobi has been appointed to the Crocs, Inc. Board of Directors. Mr. Jacobi, was employed by Levi Strauss & Company from 1970 until his retirement in 1999. During his nearly 30 ...