LightSquared, a private company had asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to build 40,000 cell phone ground stations across the country. According to the company, it could expand broadband cellular telephone service. Tests done by the National Telecommunication and Information Administration indicated that the network and handset transmissions could interfere and hamper the GPS signals. Continue reading
According to the New York City Officials, they will permit canoes, rowboats, sculls, kayaks and small sail boats on three more of their upstate reservoirs in upcoming summer. Continue reading
With a grand entry of MSC Divina in May 2012, MSC cruises look for a whopping development in its shipping profession. This ship is an enhanced version of its running sisters, MSC Splendida and MSC Fantasi. Continue reading
On 16th of August 2011, the second Rainbow Warrior retired from Greenpeace family, after 22 years of generous campaigning for environmental causes. This ship was the replacement of the original Rainbow Warrior which was bombed in 1985. Continue reading
UAE is ready to participate in an offshore sailing race across the Gulf which begins in Manama, Bahrain on February 12, 2012 and finishes in Muscat on February 27, 2012. Nine teams from six countries are energetically prepping themselves to cover a distance of more than 1,400 kilometers in sixteen days. Continue reading
The famed Russian sailboat Pallada is set to sail cruise around the globe. The tour will start off from Vladivostok in Russia from 3rd February. Pallada is owned by Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University. The Trans-Pacific International Tour will span over three months. Continue reading
An Italian firefighter helicopter lifts up a passenger from the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which ran aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. (AP / Gregorio Borgia)
The Costa Concordia cruise ship listing dangerously on its one side will continue to uglify the Giglio coast for coming part of the year. Continue reading
Laura Dekker, age 16, completed a year long voyage around the globe, on a sailboat named Guppy. She is the youngest person to have circled the globe alone on a sailboat.
There were many stops on her voyage. It ended at St Marten, Philipsburg, where she was greeted amidst a lot of cheer and applause. Her family had already greeted her at sea earlier.
Laura had to battle against high seas and heavy winds on her final leg of the Voyage from Cape Town. She described the whole experience as a dream that she lived through. Although she is the youngest sailor to circle the globe alone, the Guinness World Records and the World Sailing Speed Record Sailing Council do not acknowledge the record, as they do not want to encourage young sailors to attempt dangerous feats.
The stops through her voyage include exotic names such as Bora Bora, Fiji, South Africa, Australia, Canary Islands, Tonga, Galapagos Islands and Panama. On her journey around the globe, the teenager covered more than 27,000 nautical miles.
The Miami Yacht and Brokerage Show, the world’s leading and famous boat show is all set to boast Riviera’s New 53 Enclosed Flybridge for the first time. Continue reading
Ocean will be the largest sailboat to be showcased at the indoor Chicago boat show ever since it started. Pinnacle Yachts, the exhibitor of this giant sailboat said that it will add a new script in the history of the Progressive Insurance Strictly Sail Chicago Show. Continue reading