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Utopia: The world's largest luxury residential ocean liner

Samsung Heavy Industries is building the world's largest luxury residential ocean liner. The Utopia will be offering some 200 families the option of buying homes aboard, thus making them permanent voyagers. The residences will go on sale in this year.

U.S. deploys anti-missile ships before N.Korea launch

The United States plans to deploy two missile-interceptor ships from South Korea on Monday, a military spokesman said, days ahead of a North Korean rocket launch seen by many as a test of its longest-range missile.

China's largest fishery patrol ship starts mission

China's largest fishery patrol ship has started its way to the Xisha Islands to enhance the fishery protection and maritime surveillance efforts in the South China Sea.

Freed hijacked ship ‘within sight’ of Mombasa

Ukrainian ship MV Faina was sighted on Thursday approaching Mombasa port and was expected to dock at about 4pm local time.

Somali pirates quit ‘mystery’ ship

Robert Wright and William Wallis FT 02/06/2009
Ship movements signal possible N.Korea missile test

Chinese fishing vessels have moved out of waters near a disputed sea border between the two Koreas, a South Korean military official said on Wednesday, which could signal a North Korean missile test is imminent.

Somali pirates quit ‘mystery’ ship

One of the longest-running and highest-profile hijackings by Somali pirates appeared to be drawing to a close on Thursday as the hijackers began to leave a ship carrying 33 tanks bound for a mystery destination in east Africa.

Whalers, foes bump ships again

Japan Times 02/06/2009
Whalers, foes bump ships again

A boat carrying a group of radical antiwhaling activists collided with the Japanese whaling vessel Yushin Maru No. 2 at 8 a.m. in the Antarctic Ocean on Friday. No injuries were immediately reported.

Anti-whaling protest ship collides with Japanese whaler

An anti-whaling protest ship collided with a Japanese whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean on Friday as the Japanese tried to haul a dead whale on board, said the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Ukraine Welcomes Release of Captive MV Faina

Stefan Bos VOA News 02/05/2009
Israel releases Gaza aid ship crew

The Israeli navy has released some of the 18 people on board a ship carrying aid from Lebanon to Gaza after seizing the ship and beating those on board.

Ukraine Welcomes Release of Captive MV Faina

Ukraine said a cargo ship laden with weapons, which was held by pirates off the coast of Somalia since September, has been freed.