I was an E-2 Hawkeye pilot stationed aboard the USSMidwayin the early 1980s. Flying a visual approach to the ship one beautiful morning in the Indian Ocean—not expecting anything out of order and about two seconds from touchdown—I was suddenly ordered by flashing lights and the landing si...
A novel based on the facts of an actual shipwreck on this Maine island in 1710 and the fight for survival by the ship's crew even though they were within sight of the mainland. TB32157 $30.00 Click on Image to view multiple images Roberts, Kenneth: Captain Caution. Garden City: ...
the cost of bunker fuel for owner’s account when a ship is off-hire or idle and miscellaneous owner’s costs associated with a ship’s voyage. Time charter and voyage expenses were $5.2 million for the first quarter of 2024, compared to $5.5 million in the prior...
The next few years are going to be very interesting for Emirates Airline. The Dubai-based airline currently operates a fleet consisting exclusively of Airbus A380s and Boeing 777s. WithA380 production having endedin 2021, the airline has had to rethink its fleet strategy, especially since A380s...
First, beliefs are remarkably powerful in that they are to our lives what a rudder is to a ship. That is, they control the direction and destiny of our lives. While we don't always live the life we profess, we always live the life we believe. Simply put, if I believe I am a fai...
setting the tone for awardominated by the vastly superior British navy. The Chinese did have an advantage on land, but land fighting was limited. In early 1840 the British government sent a large navalfleetto China, which arrived in June. Joining that fleet later in the year was a new an...
After the outbreak of a revolt inFlandersin August of that year, the count of Flanders appealed to Philip, whose knights butchered thousands of rebellious Flemings at the Battle of Cassel. When shortly thereafterRobert of Artois, who had helped Philip to win the crown, claimed the countship of...
A truly brave and remarkable small fleet comprising very old vessels, none of which was built for the high seas task, sat out in the unforgiving Atlantic and North Sea to stop all contraband getting into Germany from August 1914 onwards. What happened? Virtually every ship they brought into ...
Earthworks Fleet for TSF and infrastructure arrived in Guinea Electrical and instrumentation awarded to ECG Engineering Inferred resource drilling program for Mansounia nearing completion with more than 32,000 metres of RC and more than 2,600 meters of DD completed ...
We then moved up the James River to a place of easy turning for our ship, and started back, being joined in the meantime by the James River fleet, consisting of several steamers. Then, with probably one hundred guns firing upon us from various points, we came within two hundred yards of...