... the volume of shipping using the Mlnches —in particular the estimated 1000 tankers which use the route yearly. The tankers come mainly from the North Sea and oil installations in Orkney and Shetland. Because of the risk of shipping casualties. It has been ...

... cut off for several hours, but messages were received in Canberra last night by the national disaster headquarters. Shipping casualties in the harbour included two Navy patrol boats one ran aground and the other was reported by the state radio to have ...

... a general decline in shipping casualties during the last decade was being reversed and all sections of the industry should work to ensure high safety standards. “Despite the efforts of some states, the number of substandard ships sailing the ocean is ...

... companies in 20 countries. We call on the international shipping community give greater recognition to the role of salvors in preventing pollution from oil tankers, chemical carriers and other shipping casualties.” ...

... 1924 SHOWERS of sleet, drifting snow, high winds and severe storms filled the first two weeks of January, 1854. The shipping casualties caused by this weather put the renewed Aberdeen life-saving service to its first test. On January 7, the Swedish schooner ...

... 14,000 Red Casualties i I THE Korean Communists have suffered from 14,000 to 18,000 casualties during the first four weeks of the war, a U.S. military spokesman estimated yesterday. He said the North Korean ground force strength was still estimated at ...

... lone casualty in South Georgia THE Royal Marines who took South Georgia were out-numbered by the Argentine troops they faced. They coped with mines and booby-traps and forced Argentine troops In Grytvllcen and Leith to surrender without killing or injuring ...

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... Aston Villa casualty list grows CHAMPIONS Aston Villa are Saturday absentees battling overcome an injury' Wilbe and Ken Swain crisis before Wednesday’s Manager Ron Saunders Bturopean Cup trip to take on anxiously awaits morning re- East Germans, Dynamo ...

... Gulf ship A BRITON was reported killed yesterday when a missile hit a diving-support ship in the Gulf, according to the vessel’s owners. The 1538-ton Pacific Protector was attacked yesterday morning, somewhere off Bahrein, said a spokesman at the London ...

... ship Ex-teacher hailed a heroine after helping in evacuation draw away from the bnrning cruise ship Sun Vista while a firefighting tug attempts to put out the blaze proud of not only what she did for our passengers, but for everyone on board.” Saga had ...

... Infirmary’s casualty . Mr Pieter de Jong, who department for attention is chief engineer on the Jater whiske(l hack to M.V. Barracuda had one of a j r hy car to join 111 * by an aflight south, aachdr cable. Slick arganlsation the His wrist and several ship’s agents ...