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By 20 February 2012, the tanks in the forward part of the ship, which had held about two-thirds of the fuel, had been emptied, [146] but the following day defuelling was suspended because of poor weather conditions. [147] On 3 March 2012, salvage workers cut a hole in the ship for access to the engine room, the location of the remaining fuel. [148]
The New Zealand Shipping Company (NZSC) was a shipping company whose ships ran passenger and cargo services between Great Britain and New Zealand between 1873 and 1973. A group of Christchurch businessmen [ 1 ] founded the company in 1873, similar groups formed in the other main centres, to counter the dominance of the Shaw Savill line ...
"Laytime" should not be confused with "Lay days". The latter refers to the period within which the shipowner should make the vessel "ready" to the Charterer at the place and time agreed in the charter party. "Cancelling Date" is the last day of "Lay days" and acts as a deadline to tender "Notice of Readiness".
Year Country Description Deaths Use Image 1905 Russia Battle of Tsushima – the decisive naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, in which two-thirds of the Russian fleet was destroyed. 4,380 Russians were killed and 5,917 captured, including two admirals; 1,862 were interned.
[155] [156] Later that day, the Houthis' Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center sent statements to shipping insurers and firms announcing a formal ban on vessels owned or partially owned by Israeli, British, or American entities or individuals in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Arabian Sea. The ban also included vessels sailing under the ...
The list was announced on 26 January 2012 by the Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce. The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, the first announced to coincide with Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours, which are announced on the second Monday in June. [1]
Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand.The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick, and Charles Durning.
Buy Nothing Day is a day of protest against consumerism. In North America, the United Kingdom, Finland and Sweden, Buy Nothing Day is held the day after U.S. Thanksgiving , concurrent with Black Friday ; elsewhere, it is held the following day, which is the last Saturday in November.