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News LIBERIA – ATLANTIC OCEAN
- 26 AUGUST
2010 Hope you come againVIDEO A
major milestone for the ship Logos Hope was reached as the one
millionth
visitor boarded the vessel in Monrovia, Liberia.
Francis Mulbaha, a local university student
and father of two boys, was welcomed on Wednesday 18 August by a host of
crewmembers
including the ship’s Captain, Director, mascot and others...
Federal officials
commissioned
NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada on 25 August 2010. The
state-of-the-art
research
vessel will study a wide range of marine life and ocean
conditions
along the West Coast of the USA...
Britain and the EU are on the
brink of a mackerel war
like the cod wars of the 1970s with Iceland and the Faroe Islands. The two have
unilaterally awarding themselves
the lion's share of north Atlantic stock in a move that the EU has
condemned
and one that has angered the UK fishing industry...
Admiral Robert Willard,
head of the U.S. Pacific
Command discussed China's increasingly
"assertive behaviour” in the China sea during talks with the Philippines.The United
States maintains that it is
not taking sides over disputed ownership of potentially oil and
gas-rich
islandsin the Sea but will remain in the
region to ensure free
navigation through the watersway which carries more than half of Asia's
seaborne trade...
Cunard have announced details of
retailers on the new Queen Elizabeth's Royal Arcade. The ship enters
service
in October 2010. Ever since Queen Mary entered service in 1936,
Cunard's Queens
have been famous for offering the best on board shopping featuring some
of the
finest luxury brands and gifts from around the world...
River cruise ship Viking Kirov collided with a
barge on the
southern edge of the Rybinsk Reservoir in the Volga River - Russia.
None of the
nearly 300 passengers were hurt during the collision, but the vessel
suffered
damage. The barge was carrying 4.5 tons of sand...
Environmentalists say
Waters
off British Columbia are the "toilet bowl
of North America" as a result of dozens
of cruise ships heading to
and from Alaska dumping sewage in
Canadian waters. Stringent American regulations in Alaska or WashingtonState are
leading cruise ships operators to dispose of grey
and sewage water in Canadian Waters taking advantage of the more lax
rules en
route...
The Bangladesh Supreme Court has
directed the
Bangladesh Ship Breakers' Association to execute a High Court order,
which
ruled that no ship could be imported in the country without
pre-cleaning and
environmental certificates from exporting countries.
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Philippine's head of
weather service has been
sacked for blaming computer problems for failing to warn residents of
Manila about Typhoon Conson. The typhoon claimed the
lives of 111 people when it hit the city of 12 million residents on July 14 2010...
China floods update and
Storm Mindulle
More than 250,000 people
have been evacuated in
northeast Chinanear the China-North
Korea border as forecasters
warn of a new typhoon about to hit the south of the country. Torrential
rain
has caused river levels to rise to record levels...
Vietnam storm Mindulle rises to 10 update
The
Vietnamese Central Steering Committee for Flood and
Storm Prevention and Control report that Mindulle has claimed at least
ten lives
in the country's central region. There are missing and injured
people. Mindulle hit the mountainous
central part of Vietnam on Monday 23 August 2010...
Hurricane Frank update
Hurricane
Frank gained strength over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday 26 August 2010 after hitting Southern Mexico earlier in the week. Hurricane Frank has
sustained
winds of 80 mph. The hurricane was 610 kilometres south
of the southern tip of Baja California on Thursday mid morning...
Tropical
Storm Earl Set to Become Hurricane
Tropical depression Earl
was upgraded by the
National Hurricane Centre to a tropical storm as it traversed the Atlantic with 40 MPH winds. On
Thursday the winds reached
up to 45 MPH as the storm made its way towards land 695 miles west of
the Cape
Verde Islands, moving west northwest at a steady 16 MPH.
Major hurricaneDanielle
approaches US coast
The
National Hurricane Centre in Miami reports that Hurricane Danielle is continuing
to make
its way across the Atlantic
Ocean towards the US and has reached major hurricane status.
Danielle has
strengthened to a category three storm and has sustained winds of up to
120mph...
Admiral Robert Willard,
head of the U.S. Pacific
Command discussed 
Cunard have announced details of
retailers on the new Queen Elizabeth's Royal Arcade. The ship enters
service
in October 2010. Ever since Queen Mary entered service in 1936,
Cunard's Queens
have been famous for offering the best on board shopping featuring some
of the
finest luxury brands and gifts from around the world...
River cruise ship Viking Kirov collided with a
barge on the
southern edge of the Rybinsk Reservoir in the Volga River - Russia.
None of the
nearly 300 passengers were hurt during the collision, but the vessel
suffered
damage. The barge was carrying 4.5 tons of sand... 
