Fly Fishers Serving as Transports for Noxious Little Invaders
Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 15:10.
(nytimes) For fly fishers who pride themselves on a conservationist ethic, it
hurts to discover that they may be trampling on that ethic every time
they wade into a trout stream. READ MORE
Post to Twitter545 people assisted, 5 lives saved during Port Huron Float Down
Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 15:09.(coastguardnews) The U.S. Coast Guard, along with multiple international, federal, state
and local agencies, assisted 545 people and saved five lives during the
“unofficial” Port Huron, Mich., Float Down, between 11:30 a.m. and 7:30
p.m., August 15, 2010. READ MORE
Police recover body of missing boater off shore of Fall River park
Submitted by admin on Fri, 08/13/2010 - 13:51.
(HeraldNews) Divers with the State Police Underwater Recovery Unit located the body of Stephen L. McMann Tuesday morning. State Police Sgt. Blake Gilmore said the body a diver who was feeling
the bottom of the Taunton River with his hands located McMann’s body at
10:58 a.m. McMann, 49, of Berkley, had been missing since around 8 p.m.
Sunday when the 1986 center console 18-foot motorized boat he was
operating collided with a retaining wall near Bicentennial Park. READ MOREShips begin moving in Indian port after collision
Submitted by admin on Fri, 08/13/2010 - 13:26.
(AP) The Indian navy on Thursday began moving merchant ships in and out of a
major Mumbai port that was closed after two vessels collided and
spilled containers, fuel and lubricants into the Arabian Sea, an
official said. READ MOREElectronics expert says thermal imaging to surpass radar
Submitted by admin on Thu, 08/12/2010 - 20:38.
(powerboat-world) A New Zealand marine electronics expert
is predicting that thermal imaging could soon become more important to
recreational boaties than radar. Cameron Burch, Raymarine
product manager at major marine importer and distributor Lusty and
Blundell Ltd, says thermal imaging not only has many advantages over
radar, it is also becoming both more compact and more affordable. READ MORETwo 171 MW Floating Power Plants for Venezuela
Submitted by admin on Thu, 08/12/2010 - 20:35.
(marinelink) Waller Marine, Inc of Houston, Texas will soon launch and christen what
will become the world’s largest floating power generation facility when
installed at a designated site in Venezuela. The two power barges,
which Waller has under construction at the Signal International
Shipyard in Orange, Texas, will be transferred from their land based
construction locations to the water during the next few days and
christened by Venezuelan dignitaries at a ceremony at the shipyard on
August 21. READ MOREDerecktor Launches CAKEWALK, Largest Yacht Ever Built in the United States
Submitted by admin on Thu, 08/12/2010 - 16:58.
(triton) Remember the date. August 8th 2010 was not just another summer Sunday
for the United States yachting industry. Instead, at 10:30 a.m. a
genuinely momentous event took place. For that moment marked the launch
by Derecktor Shipyards of the 85.6 meter (281 ft) motor yacht CAKEWALK,
the largest yacht (by volume) ever built in the United States. READ MOREMumbai ship collision: Pilots didn’t follow rulebook
Submitted by admin on Thu, 08/12/2010 - 12:45.
(indianexpress) Saturday’s collision between two ships
off the Mumbai coast was caused by a clear violation of standard
operating procedure prescribed for communication between ships as well
as with port traffic controllers. READ MORESailing aboard the Rolls-Royce of the seas
Submitted by admin on Thu, 08/12/2010 - 12:44.(cnn) Conjuring tales of adventure and exploration, an armada of 57 tall
ships -- complete with billowing square sails -- has crossed the North
Sea. READ MORE
