International Business News - Ship http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Five Massachusetts men became the first divers to reach the wreck of a 19th-century steamship that sank in one of the most destructive storms in New England history, and say they saw an array of artifacts like dishes and mugs but no human remains. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146910-ss-portland.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/divers-reach-steamship-that-sank-off-mass-in-1898.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/divers-reach-steamship-that-sank-off-mass-in-1898.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:08:57 EDT Bulgaria's transport minister says a Ukrainian ship has sunk in the Black Sea and rescuers are searching for survivors. Petar Mutafchiev says the Ukrainian ship Tolstoy, sailing under the North Korean flag, sank 15 miles off Bulgaria's coast. It disappeared from radars at 4 a.m. (0100 GMT) on Saturday and all crew were missing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/ukrainian-ship-goes-missing-off-bulgarias-coast.htm Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:44:35 EDT The Foreign Ministry says pirates have seized a Ukrainian-operated ship off Somalia. The ministry says the Faina was sailing with 21 people on board under the Belize flag, though it is operated by Ukrainian managing company Tomax Team Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/ukrainian-ship-seized-by-pirates-off-somali-coast.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:30:43 EDT Firefighters are battling a blaze aboard a cargo ship docked on a waterway in Miami. The fire broke out Tuesday morning aboard the 215-foot-long Mystic, which was loaded with mattresses and vehicles bound for Haiti. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/crew-firefighters-battle-cargo-ship-fire-in-miami.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:51:59 EDT Noble Corp., which hires out drillships and crews to oil companies around the world, said Tuesday that a subsidiary has signed contracts to have South Korean and Dutch companies build a new ultra-deepwater oil and gas drillship. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/noble-awards-contracts-for-deepwater-drillship.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:47:37 EDT Global Ship Lease Inc. said its board declared an initial quarterly dividend of 23 cents per Class A share. The London-based containership charter owner said the dividend is payable Oct. 14 to shareholders of record Oct. 2. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/global-ship-lease-declares-23-cent-dividend.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:23:22 EDT When the waves from Hurricane Ike receded, they left behind a mystery--a ragged shipwreck that archeologists say could be a two-masted Civil War schooner that ran aground in 1862 or another ship from some 70 years later. The wreck, about six miles from Fort Morgan, had already been partially uncovered when Hurricane Camille cleared away sand in 1969. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/134641-ike-alabama-mystery-ship.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/ike-helps-uncover-mystery-vessel-on-ala-coast.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/ike-helps-uncover-mystery-vessel-on-ala-coast.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:40:24 EDT Global Ship Lease Inc. said on Tuesday that it is buying two new ships for $77 million each, for delivery by the end of 2010. The Marshall Islands-incorporated lessor of container ships said it is buying the ships from German interests. The vessels are being built at Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding. They will be chartered to Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. for seven to eight years for $28,000 per vessel per day. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/global-ship-lease-buys-2-ships-for-154-million.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:15:36 EDT Oil tanker owner and operator Ship Finance International Ltd. said Tuesday it will raise its third-quarter dividend by 3.4 percent after agreeing to purchase two drilling rigs for $1.7 billion. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/ship-finance-to-raise-3q-dividend-on-rig-purchases.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:58:10 EDT Oil tanker owner and operator Ship Finance International Ltd. said Tuesday it agreed to acquire two drilling rigs from Seadrill Ltd. for $1.7 billion. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/ship-finance-acquires-2-drilling-rigs-for-1-7b.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:52:54 EDT Twenty-two people are riding out Hurricane Ike aboard a crippled freighter in the Gulf of Mexico. But the Coast Guard says the crew is OK Friday after the worst of the storm passed them. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/128722-ike.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/22-stranded-on-lame-ship-as-ike-roars-through-gulf.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/22-stranded-on-lame-ship-as-ike-roars-through-gulf.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:56:15 EDT Ireland's majestic sail-training ship, the Asgard II, sank mysteriously off the French coast Thursday, but its 25 passengers and crew escaped safely on lifeboats. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/127751-ireland-france-ship-sinks.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/all-safe-as-irish-sailing-ship-sinks-near-france.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/all-safe-as-irish-sailing-ship-sinks-near-france.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:50:09 EDT A fuel supply ship partially sank while docked in the northeastern Spanish port of Tarragona on Tuesday and spilled a small amount of diesel oil, a port official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080909/spain-ship-sinks-partially-at-port-leaks-fuel.htm Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:42:09 EDT Oil tanker owner and operator Ship Finance International Ltd. said on Thursday that its board raised its quarterly dividend to 58 cents, up 2 cents, or 3.5 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/ship-finance-raises-dividend-to-58-cents.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:56:06 EDT Oil tanker owner and operator Ship Finance International Ltd. said on Thursday that its second-quarter profit jumped 80 percent, helped by a strong market for crude tankers as well as an upfront payment of $21.6 million for one ship. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/ship-finance-profit-jump-80-percent.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:10:35 EDT North Korea allowed a South Korean cargo vessel to return home Wednesday after investigating its crew members over a ship collision that left two North Koreans dead, an official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/nkorea-allows-skorean-ship-return-home-after-probe.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:49:36 EDT A North Korean fishing boat collided with a South Korean cargo ship early Tuesday, leaving two North Koreans missing. The 658-ton South Korean ship was carrying sand from North Korea when it collided with the fishing boat in waters just north of the sea border, Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Ho-nyeon told reporters. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/nkorean-boat-collides-with-skorean-ship-2-missing.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:45:17 EDT A North Korean fishing boat collided with a South Korea cargo ship early Tuesday, leaving two North Koreans missing, officials said. The collision took place before dawn near the eastern sea border between the divided Koreas, said a South Korean Defense Ministry official, on condition of anonymity citing office policy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080811/nkorean-boat-collides-with-skorean-ship-2-missing.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:11:45 EDT More than 40 passengers on a cruise ship were injured when it was hit by a storm off New Zealand that packed 23-foot waves and powerful winds, officials said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/more-than-40-on-cruise-ship-hurt-in-nz-storm.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:22:28 EDT Two cruise ships with hundreds of people on board collided in Greece's main port of Piraeus Monday causing damage but no injuries, the Merchant Marine Ministry said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/cruise-ships-collide-in-greek-port-nobody-hurt.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:10:29 EDT