City's maritime rebirth
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GLASGOW is outperforming London in the shipping services sector as the two maritime centres face contrasting fortunes in the face of aggressive overseas competition.
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Oil at more than $90 a barrel is concentrating minds in the shipping industry. Higher fuel costs and mounting pressure to curb emissions are leading modern merchant fleets to rediscover the ancient power of the sail.
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When I moved to this pedestrian-friendly city with plentiful public transit and pricey parking, I said goodbye to auto repair bills, insurance premiums and gas pumps. Recently divorced, without kids to ferry around, I realized my dream of living car-free. But I still need wheels for the occasional errand or day trip.
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By Patrick Mcdermott, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Jun. 9--MARY ESTHER -- Officials here are happy about a clean record at their wastewater treatment plant, and hope a new expansion puts the city in good shape for the future.
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Return with me to yesteryear when the St. Johns River was used as a transportation corridor.  That could be the future as well as the past.
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The Christian Science Monitor - It may be at the far end of the globe, but when hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans last year, many from Australia's northern port city of Darwin saw the past flash before their eyes.
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- Working fishing boats cram this city's docks, brightly painted vessels with names like "Let It Ride" and "Fearless." But tied up alongside them are plenty of rusting vessels that have not shipped out in years, stark reminders of the sea's fickle bounty.
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The old-fashioned streetcar, which had nearly clanged into oblivion by the end of the 20th century, has been making a sleek comeback with new lines opening from Sydney to Paris, Buenos Aires to Houston.
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Hurricane Katrina erased much of the Mississippi Gulf Coast's past, but the deadly storm also created a blank canvas and a historic opportunity for reinventing cities like this once-quaint beach community.
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The Three Cities are bound to get a major boost in attracting tourists to the area as the government plans to build a cruise liner terminal in Senglea. via The Times
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In its first voyage since being turned into a floating military museum, the fabled aircraft carrier USS Intrepid traveled five miles to a New Jersey shipyard, ready to undergo a two-year, stem-to-stern overhaul.
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The company's original visionary returns to the helm.
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The stricken Canadian submarine HMCS Chicoutimi is being transported back to its home base.
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Perched on the shore of Boston Harbor, the first new art museum built in Boston in nearly a century is preparing to open with a collection of modern painting, sculpture, photography and video.
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A new dining opportunity has emerged in the Port Washington/Manhasset community with the renovation and rejuvenation of a well-known dining location on Port Washington Boulevard.
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Morocco's capital Rabat is rebuilding its seafront and in so doing uncovering a vast treasure trove of relics, artefacts and ruins.
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Once host to the Royal Navy and George III's summer dips, the English town of Weymouth is proud of its nautical heritage and glad of the chance to rejuvenate it with the staging of the 2012 Olympic regatta.