McMurdo Sound

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Published on Tuesday, 18 March 2014 13:30
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  McMurdo Sound

Mar 14, 2014, 7:00AM EST
 
The southernmost body of navigable water in the world
   McMurdo Sound (approximately 35 miles long and 30 miles wide) connects the Ross Sea to the north to the Ross Ice Shelf on the coast of Antarctica due south of New Zealand.  This body of water, frequently ice-covered, was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in February 1841 and named after Lieutenant Archibald McMurdo of the HMS Terror, one of the ships in the expedition.  The largest island in the Sound is Ross Island, named for the expedition leader.  The island is dominated by the volcanic Mount Erebus (12,448 feet above sea level at its peak).  The island also hosts the largest human habitation in

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CLASSNK acquires leading maritime software house NAPA

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Published on Tuesday, 18 March 2014 12:33
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Tuesday, 18 March 2014 | 13:00

Leading classification society ClassNK today agreed to acquire NAPA, the world’s leading maritime software house, in a deal hailed as benefitting the improved safety and performance of the whole maritime industry.

The acquisition, will significantly enhance the success and capabilities of both organisations. For ClassNK, which has worked with NAPA for nearly ten years, the landmark deal is a chance to expand and improve the wide range of services it offers to shipowners and shipyards, whilst also providing NAPA with the support to accelerate expansion of existing operations and access new markets. ClassNK, which provides safety and certification services for more than 8,500 vessels representing more than 20% of the world’s merchant fleet, and NAPA, whose software is utilised

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Update: Ship off Rose Blanche no longer aground

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Published on Tuesday, 18 March 2014 12:17
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Update: Ship off Rose Blanche no longer aground

Published on March 17, 2014

A vessel that lost its engine and blew aground off Rose Blanche the weekend is now free of the shoal it was caught on.


The MV John I was travelling from Spain to Montreal to pick up freight. Friday morning, the

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Interceptan un barco con 12 toneladas de hachís

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Published on Tuesday, 18 March 2014 11:53
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Navegaba por el mar de Alborán y, tras ser abordado por  Vigilancia Aduanera, se detuvo a sus ocho tripulantes sirios

              EP · J. C. Cilveti               málaga             | Actualizado  18.03.2014 - 01:00

Un agente lleva a uno de los detenidos en la operación.

Popa del barco con el nombre y los fardos a simple vista.

Un policía descarga la droga, ayer en el puerto  malagueño.

 
El buque de  operaciones especiales Fulmar del Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera (SVA), adscrito a la Agencia Tributaria, interceptó en la madrugada de este pasado  domingo un mercante cargado con unas 12 toneladas de hachís en la zona del mar  de Alborán, al sureste de Málaga. En la operación, desarrollada de forma  conjunta con la

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