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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 ...
Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF; Arabic: مهرجان دبي للتسوق, romanized: Mahrajan Dubayy lil-tasawoq) is an annual month long event put together by the Dubai Festivals & Retail Establishment (DFRE), which is a part of Dubai's Department of Economy and Tourism. [1]
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]
In the first weeks after the Allied invasion of Normandy, known as Operation Overlord, commenced on D-Day, 6 June 1944, [1] the Anglo-Canadian forces were maintained over the Gold, Juno and Sword Beaches, [2] and the small ports of Port-en-Bessin and Courseulles.
Map of Cockpit Point Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.. The Battle of Cockpit Point, the Battle of Freestone Point, or the Battle of Shipping Point, took place on January 3, 1862, in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the blockade of the Potomac River during the American Civil War.
Elizabeth Price is awarded the 2012 Turner Prize for her 2012 twenty-minute video installation The Woolworths Choir of 1979. (BBC) ( The Independent ) In Brazil , Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko , president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity , speaks to a group of World Youth Day delegates from 75 countries and 40 movements.
SS Bremen depicted on a German postage stamp. Transatlantic passenger crossings became faster, safer, and more reliable with the advent of steamships in the 19th century. The wooden-hulled, paddle-wheel SS Great Western built in 1838 is recognized as the first purpose-built transatlantic steamship, on a scheduled run back and forth from Bristol to New York City.
Spanish joblessness levels hit a record high yet again, with youth unemployment running at 50%.; Sanctions on Mali by the Economic Community of West African States imposed after the recent coup d'état result in shortages in the country.