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- Canada's Arctic ice shelves break apart, drift away
- OTTAWA AFP — Two ice shelves in Canada's far north have lost massive sections since August while a third ice shelf now is adrift in the Arctic Ocean, said researchers Wednesday who blamed climate change. The entire 50 square-kilometer (19 square-mile) Markham Ice Shelf off the coast of Ellesmere...
- Research articles 2008-09-03
- Aircraft Supplier & MRO News
- Sep 1, 2008 ACSS ACSS submitted a new software release for its runway incursion product, SafeRoute-SAMM 2.5, for certification by US FAA. The product enables own-ship and other aircraft to be displayed on a moving map of the airport surface using a Class 2 electronic flight bag. According...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- Company Watch - Airbus
- Aug 31, 2008 Aegean took delivery of eight Airbus A320s/A321s in the first half and returned four 737-300s to lessors, bringing the fleet at the end of June to 27 aircraft compared to 24 a year earlier. Aug 28, 2008 An Airbus deal to Syria would involve the...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- US plans to limit ship speed to protect whales
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US government has proposed a new speed limit for large ships off certain coasts to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from fatal collisions, though the zone is smaller than originally planned. The administration of President George W. Bush wants to limit ship speed to...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- Oh we do like to be beside the seaside; TOURISM GROUP LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE COAST
- Byline: By SONIA SHARMA and SOPHIE DOUGHTY TOURISTS looking for a seaside holiday are more likely to head for Blackpool, Brighton or Newquay than Newcastle. But a tourist organisation is hoping to change all that. Tourism Tyne & Wear has teamed-up with the Newcastle-Gateshead Initiative, North and...
- Research articles 2008-08-04
- Portugal leads the way in wave energy
- LISBON AFP — Portugal, blessed by a lengthy deep-water Atlantic coastline and temperate climate, is leading the way in a drive to harness the power of ocean waves to produce electricity at a profit. Portuguese scientists for the last three years have been working with foreign counterparts on a...
- Research articles 2008-06-26
- Captain Calamity to declare independence
- LONDON AFP — A tiny isle off the coast of Britain's northern-most island chain is to declare independence, claiming it had never been legally part of the country anyway, the Shetland News said Thursday. Forvik island's only resident, Stuart Hill, said his new territory off the west coast of...
- Research articles 2008-06-19
- Coast Magazine Focusing on Luxury to Weather Slump
- Hurley Sponsors Fashion Show, Scholarship for Students; ASR Holiday Event Draws Crowd MEDIA & MARKETING Coast magazine and its sister publications are feeling the effects of the soft economy. Chris Schulz, former publisher of Irvine-based Freedom Communications Inc.'s specialty media group, which includes Coast and other titles, said...
- Research articles 2008-06-09
- Tropical storm Arthur forms near Belize
- MIAMI AFP — The first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Arthur, was lashing the coasts of Belize, Guatemala and southeast Mexico, US officials said Sunday. The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for the coast of Brazil and the east coast of the Yucatan peninsula...
- Research articles 2008-06-01
- Oil reserves not being tapped
- Kristina Johnson's op-ed (My View, May 22) was more propaganda than opinion. The current Senate energy bill produces nothing. When Sen. Patrick Leahy accused oil executives of not letting the free market operate, the oil executives told him there is no free market because organizations like the Sierra Club and...
- Research articles 2008-05-25
- MARITIME PIRACY : COMMISSION CALLS FOR COMBINED EFFORT FROM MEMBER STATES.
- Faced with the repeated acts of maritime piracy, particularly off the coast of Somalia, cooperation between European countries on this issue should be reinforced. At least this is the wish of the European Commission in response to several questions from MEPs and journalists. "Keeping...
- Research articles 2008-05-23
- French fishermen, port workers step up blockades
- LA ROCHELLE, France AFP — French fishermen angry at high fuel costs kept up a week-long blockade of Atlantic ports Saturday, as striking workers paralysed two other major ports in protest at privatisation plans. As the fishermen's protest spread to several new harbours on the west coast, a two-day...
- Research articles 2008-05-17
- Myanmar cyclone damage worsened by loss of mangroves: FAO
- ROME AFP — The destruction of mangrove forests along parts of Myanmar's coast contributed to the damage wreaked by cyclone Nargis, the UN food agency said Thursday. Farmland and fisheries have replaced many mangrove forests, and people have moved closer to the sea without the "protective forest buffer" provided...
- Research articles 2008-05-15
- Largest hotels: ranked by number of guest rooms in the greater San Fernando Valley area
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TRAVELERS seeking a top-shelf hotel suite have a number to choose from in the greater Valley area, from the Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village which can run almost $3,800, to the $1,200 suite at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City, to the comparatively modest $749 suite at the...
- Research articles 2008-04-14
- Somalia pirates release hostages: Sarkozy
- PARIS AFP — Pirates off the coast of Somalia have released 30 hostages who were seized aboard a French yacht a week ago, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday. The hostages including 22 French crew aboard Le Ponant were freed "without incident," said the president in a statement, without providing...
- Research articles 2008-04-11
- US naval leaders seeking to expand African sea police
- DAKAR AFP — Western and African naval leaders have laid plans to expand a multi-national programme to protect and police Africa's coast and maritime resources, during a symposium held in Senegal's capital Dakar. "We are trying to get more European allies involved in the Africa Partnership Station APS, in...
- Research articles 2008-04-10
- Sarkozy hosts hostage families as Somali pirates await ransom
- PARIS AFP — President Nicolas Sarkozy met Tuesday with the families of 22 French crew members held hostage on a luxury yacht for the last five days by pirates off the coast of Somalia, an Elysee official said. Some 40 members of the hostages' families arrived at the French...
- Research articles 2008-04-08
- China-financed marina.(GRENADA)
- Grenada's legislature has backed plans to use a US$83 million (euro 56 million) loan from China to build a marina to boost tourism, reports AP (Feb. 24, 2008). The complex will include condos, a shopping plaza and berths for more than 50 yachts on the northern coast...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- Mapping Expedition Yields New Insight into Arctic Depths
- New Arctic seafloor data released last month by the University of New Hampshire UNH and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA suggest that the foot of the continental slope off Alaska is more than 100 nautical miles farther from the U.S. coast than previously assumed. The data, gathered during...
- Research articles 2008-03-31
- Oil pumped out from capsized ship in Vietnam: officials
- HANOI AFP — Vietnamese rescue workers Wednesday started pumping out 1,700 tonnes of oil from a capsized ship, while efforts to find four missing sailors continued, officials told AFP. "We have started pumping the oil out of 10 tanks through the overturned ship's pipe system," Pham Quoc Te of...
- Research articles 2008-03-19
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