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Costa Concordia Underwater Photos
These underwater photos released today show damage to the starboard side of the Costa Concordia, below the water line. As you can see there is quite a bit of damage to the vessel as it sits on the...
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Italian Tanker Runs Aground Off Sicily in Stormy Weather [AIS TRACK]
The Gelso M, an Italian-flagged tanker ran aground off the coast of Santa Panagia, Sicily this morning in stormy weather. A report from Italian newspaper, Corriere, indicates the ship was unloaded at...
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M/V Enrica Lexie Free to Leave India
M/V Enrica Lexie India’s Kerala High Court on Thursday ordered the release of the Italian tanker, M/V Enrica Lexie, that has been embroiled in a diplomatic row between the two countries after two...
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Italy To Pay “Donation” to Families of Indian Fisherman Killed in Enrica...
NEW DELHI (Dow Jones)–Italy agreed to compensate the families of two Indian fishermen who were allegedly killed by two Italian naval officers, a move that may help the countries resolve a dispute over...
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Somali Pirates Release Italian Tanker Enrico Ievoli and Crew
The M/T Enrico Ievoli was hijacked on Dec. 27 off the coast of Oman. Image: ONI Somali pirates have released the Italian chemical tanker M/T Enrico Ievoli and its 18 crewmembers almost four months...
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Rosetti Marino Awards Rolls-Royce £18 Million Anchor Handler Contract
UT 712 CD, image: Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce announced today the signing of an £18 million contract with Italian shipyard Rosetti Marino S.p.A for the design and delivery of an integrated power &...
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Nearly Broke, Italy Looks to Restart Economy By Ending Offshore Drilling Ban
Italy’s offshore oil fields, image courtesy 2B1st Consulting, click for larger (Bloomberg) — Mario Monti’s government is trying to attract as much as $18 billion in investment to Italy by relaxing a...
View Article10 Libyan Migrants Perish After Boat Capsizes South of Sicily
Italian news company Corriere reported today a boat carrying Libyan migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday while enroute to Lampedusa, an island approximately half way between Tunisia...
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Italian Court Sends Pirates to Jail for Attack on Italian Tanker
Image via RV1705/Fleetmon ROME (Reuters) – Eleven Somali men who attacked an Italian oil tanker in January were each jailed for three and a half years on Tuesday after a Rome court convicted them of...
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Drydocks World Completes Conversion of FSRU Toscana
Drydocks World announced today that they have finalized the conversion of the 135k,000 cbm LNG carrier Golar Frost, to a Floating Storage and Re-gasification Unit (FSRU) named the FSRU Toscana. This...
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Italy Takes a Stand: Enrica Lexie Guards WILL NOT Return to India
The two Italian marines, Massimiliano Latorre (L) and Salvatore Girone, shown in Kochi, India on Dec. 18, 2012 awaiting their return to Italy for the holidays. REUTERS/Sivaram V ROME, March 11...
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Diplomatic Row Heats Up As India Demands Return of Italian Marines
Enrica Lexie in Kochi, India NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India summoned the Italian ambassador on Tuesday to protest Rome’s decision not to send two marines charged with killing Indian fishermen while on...
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Enrica Lexie Dispute Deepens as Ambassador Told to Stay in India
Enrica Lexie in Kochi, India By Bibhudatta Pradhan (Bloomberg) — India’s top court told the Italian ambassador to New Delhi not to leave the country without its permission as protests escalated over...
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UNCLOS 1982, the Italo-Indian Flap, and the Law of Unintended Consequences
Enrica Lexie in Kochi, India UPDATE (Mar. 21): Italian Marines Agree to Return to India to Stand Trial, Diffuse Diplomatic Row By John A.C. Cartner, Special to Piracy Daily Amidst all the head-wagging...
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Italian Foreign Minister Resigns as Marines Return to India for Murder Trial
The two Italian marines, Massimiliano Latorre (L) and Salvatore Girone, shown in Kochi, India on Dec. 18, 2012 awaiting their return to Italy for the holidays. REUTERS/Sivaram V By Steve Scherer ROME,...
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Death Penalty Sentence Looms for Enrica Lexie Marines in India
Enrica Lexie in Kochi, India. By Suchitra Mohanty NEW DELHI, April 26 (Reuters) – An Indian anti-terrorism agency will investigate the case of two Italian marines accused of murdering two Indian...
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Flashmob Rings in Venice Cruise Season [PHOTOS]
Over 300 people gathered on the Zattere Adriatic waterfront in Venice, Italy to welcome the arrival of the Legend, the Carnival group’s new flagship, and toast the beginning of the new cruise season...
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Port of Genoa Control Tower Collapses Following Ship Collision
The 40,594 gt MV Jolly Nero. Photo via Messina & Co. An Italian-flagged cargo ship crashed into a control tower at the Italian port of Genoa late Tuesday night, causing it to collapse. The 30,217...
View ArticleItaly and Malta Sign Accord on Mediterranean Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration
By Alessandra Migliaccio and Karl Stagno Navarra July 15 (Bloomberg) — Italy and Malta’s prime ministers reached an agreement today for joint oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean Sea between...
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Italy Agrees To Take In Stranded Migrants After Malta Refuses
ROME, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Italy on Wednesday allowed 102 migrants who were stranded on a tanker in the Mediterranean to disembark on the Sicilian coast after Malta refused them entry for three days...
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