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Deep water = deep pockets
10:12am Wednesday 10th March 2010
In a month’s time Princess Cruises’ 109,000-ton Grand Princess sails from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on her transatlantic repositioning cruise to Europe.
Heavy weather holds up Longbow’s arrival
10:13am Wednesday 10th March 2010
The missile-testing barge Longbow, currently en route from Toulon to Falmouth under tow of the Panamanian tug Ionion Pelagos, has been forced to seek shelter off the Spanish coast due to heavy weather conditions in the Bay of Biscay.
Oil field ‘flotel’ hitches a lift into port
10:23am Wednesday 10th March 2010
Depending on the weather you may or may not see the semi-submersible heavy lift vessel Falcon when she arrives from Pascagoula, USA, carrying the 10,500-ton accommodation rig – or flotel – Safe Bristolia on her deck.
Two RFA’s aid Haiti
9:41am Wednesday 3rd March 2010
Two ships familiar in our port are assisting with the massive international aid effort in Haiti.
Bulk carrier Chin Shan refuels with gas oil
9:49am Wednesday 3rd March 2010
The Capesize bulk carrier Chin Shan made a brief call to load gas oil in Falmouth Bay after a 44-day trip from Gladstone, eastern Australia.
Exhibition explores fishing in days of sail and oar
9:52am Wednesday 3rd March 2010
For anyone interested in the Cornwall fishing fleets of years gone by a new exhibition “Fishing in Cornwall in the Days of Sail and Oar” starts today at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall. This stunning new photographic exhibition explores fishing in Cornwall in the days of sail and oar. The turn of the 19th Century marked the last days of fishing by sail and oar around the Cornish coast, but this period also coincided with the wider use of photography to record such work.
Grande Brasilia due for repairs
9:39am Wednesday 3rd March 2010
A&P Falmouth has secured another repair contract with the Italian conglomerate Grimaldi to dry-dock the ro-ro Grande Brasilia later this month.
RFA Argus dry-docks on 150th anniversary
9:38am Wednesday 3rd March 2010
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Argus, under the command of Captain Paul Kehoe, had the honour of dry-docking on Sunday afternoon on what was the 150th anniversary of the laying of the docks’ foundation stone by Lord Falmouth on February 28, 1860.
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