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Greenlandic voters overwhelmingly rejected the invitation. While virtually all major parties support independence from ...

The Elon Musks of the world might want us to believe that Starlink is the true wave of the future, but we will be using ...

Yet the Fastnet tragedy of 1979 in which 15 people were killed and ex-British leader Edward Heath went missing helped to usher in a new era of improved safety in the sport. It was 30 years ago today ...

Ted, a welder by trade, also repaired and sold boats before he built the “Que Sera”, a 40 foot timber trawler at Thornton and launched her at Hexham in 1956. The name “Que Sera” was chosen because it ...

Supertrawlers are massive industrial freezer trawlers measuring more than 328ft in length. They can catch hundreds of tonnes of pelagic fish species like herring and blue whiting in a day using ...

Three yachts were swallowed by fires caught on see-it-to-believe-it video early Friday after witnesses described a massive explosion in northwest Miami-Dade. The fires on the Miami River prompted ...

The incident took place around 6 pm when a gas cylinder exploded inside a trawler with the fire quickly spreading to nearby vessels. Presence of diesel stocks and LPG cylinders in the boats (used ...

A wander along Teramby Street on the waterfront in Nelson Bay will reveal a very different scene with tourist and charter boats along with luxury craft taking up the majority of space inside the ...

The company stated: “The acquisition of the 10 trawlers, fitted with modern technology to support deep-sea fishing operations, marks a significant milestone in the company’s entry into the ...