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drones are coming soon. A Royal Navy insider described the two UK aircraft carriers being built, as ���white elephants with dinky toys on top.��� He stated that they have less basic capabilities than Argentina���s navy during the Falklands war and noted that their aircraft will lack midair re-fuelling capabilities and so the ships will have to remain close to shore. Shortly after a Chinese pilot landed a Chinese-built jet on China���s first aircraft carrier for the first time, the president of the company that built the jet dropped dead from a heart attack. The third of Russia���s Borey-class strategic nuclear subs started sea trials. The fourth-generation nuclear-powered missile submarines are intended to replace the aging Delta III and Typhoon-class submarines and will carry up to 16 Bulava missiles with multiple war heads. Power for marine profe ssional s o WHEN HEAVY DUTY MEETS THE FUTURE. WHITE FLEETS While heading for the North Cape at the northern tip of Norway, the heating system on the cruise ship Amadea broke down when the temperature in Olso was minus 18�� Celsius, and so the ship headed to Bremerhaven for repairs. 95 percent of the passengers stayed with the ship although cabin temperatures were nine degrees Celsius. They received a refund of 130 percent of their fares and the crew was put off duty for a while. The former cruise ship Explorer, now the nautical platform for the Semester at Sea program, was carrying college students to foreign shores and during a stop at the Island of Dominica, some students went on a snorkelling excursion. The captain of the boat went off to get food and upon his return somehow backed over several students in the water. A female student was dead upon arrival at a hospital. In high winds, the Pacific Princess ran over the harbour-marking buoy while entering the port of Yalta sinking the buoy. The Celebrity Reflection had to skip a stop at Tenerife in the Canary Islands after a mechanical problem slowed the ship. The Costa Pacifica suffered minor damage when it collided with a berthing ���dolphin��� at Marseille. A strong gust of wind was blamed and there was a one-day delay in a Mediterranean cruise. The cruise ships Carnival Spirit and Crystal Symphony changed itineraries to avoid Cyclone Evan but the Fiji-based 140 passenger cruise ship Reef Endeavour took a beating and suffered some damage. It was back in service within 11 days. Other nautical damage included the storm-induced groundings of two anchored ships at Suva, the bulker Starford and the fully loaded container ship Capitaine Tasman. Fishnets wound around a propeller shaft damaging shaft seals on the Carnival Splendor and repairs forced a change in the next seven-day cruise. Passengers on that cruise were offered a full refund due to the itinerary change. About 300 passengers on the Oriana were afflicted by what was probably the norovirus, with the first passenger reporting to the sickbay within two hours after leaving Southampton. The start of a 109 day round-the-world cruise of the Saga Ruby was delayed due to a faulty crankshaft discovered only hours before departure. Some passengers spent the night on the ship before returning home. Repairs took about a week and there were no cancellations for the world cruise. Do you think that advanced and electronically controlled diesel engines are not heavy duty? Think again. This is the new Volvo Penta D13 MH: RATING 1 (HEAVY DUTY) KW/HP: 294/400, 331/450, 370/503 RATING 2 (MEDIUM DUTY) KW/HP: 407/554, 441/600 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AUXILIARY ENGINE AND COMPLETE MARINE GENSET. A New York fast commuter ferry crashed into its Manhattan pier at 14 knots, and 85 of 326 passengers, many on their feet ready to disembark, were hurt; two seriously. At Macau, a TurboJet fast ferry cautiously left its pier at slow speed because visibility was only 0.8 miles but it somehow managed to leave the channel and run into the No 5 marker VIP.S92 THOSE THAT GO BACK AND FORTH