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Titanic builder Harland and Wolff to be bought by Spain’s Navantia

LONDON — The future of the Northern Ireland-based Harland and Wolff shipbuilder, which famously built the Titanic, appears to have been safeguarded on Thursday after the Spanish state-owned business Navantia stepped in to buy it. If approved, the deal will secure 1,000 jobs at Harland and Wolff’s four shipyards, including at the iconic one in Belfast, Northern Ireland. “This deal …

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1 week, 5 days ago

The last Titanic salvage expedition was in 2010. Will there be any more?

Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va. — The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic said Thursday that it hasn’t settled on plans to retrieve more artifacts from the shipwreck, potentially cooling down a legal battle with the U.S. government. The U.S. has been warning RMST for years that entering the Titanic’s severed hull — or disturbing the wreck — would violate …

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3 months ago

Titan submersible scientific director says it malfunctioned just before Titanic dive

The Hindu

The scientific director for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year while on its way to the Titanic wreckage testified Thursday that the sub had malfunctioned just before the fatal dive. Earlier Thursday, Renata Rojas, a mission specialist for the company, told the Coast Guard the firm was staffed by competent people who wanted to “make …

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3 months ago

Mission specialist for Titan sub owner to testify before Coast Guard

The Hindu

A mission specialist for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded in 2023 is scheduled to testify before the U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday, September 19, 2024. During the hearing, former OceanGate operations director David Lochridge said he frequently clashed with Rush and felt the company was committed only to making money. One of the last messages from …

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3 months ago

Titan submersible’s scientific director says the sub malfunctioned just prior to the Titanic dive

Associated Press

The scientific director for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year while on its way to the Titanic wreckage testified Thursday that the sub had malfunctioned just prior to the fatal dive. Appearing before a U.S. Coast Guard panel, Steven Ross told the board about a platform issue the experimental submersible experienced in June 2023, just …

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3 months, 1 week ago

A key employee says the Titan sub tragedy could have been prevented

Associated Press

A key employee who labeled a doomed experimental submersible unsafe prior to its last, fatal voyage testified Tuesday that the tragedy could have been prevented if a federal safety agency had investigated his complaint. He said with all of the safety issues he saw “there was no way I was signing off on this.” Asked whether he had confidence in …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Titanic shipyard to collapse into administration

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery The operational companies which run the shipyards are expected to …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Titanic shipyard prepares for administration

The Telegraph

The administration will affect only Harland & Wolff Holdings Plc, the group holding company, with its four yards, Belfast, Appledore, Arnish and Methil, continuing to trade. Harland & Wolff said: “The board has concluded that the company is insolvent on a balance sheet basis per its last audited accounts and most recent management accounts. Bosses are in “regular discussion” with …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-employees of Titanic submersible’s owner to testify before Coast Guard panel

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine — Former employees of the company that owned an experimental submersible that imploded on its way to the wreck of the Titanic are scheduled to testify before a Coast Guard investigatory board at an upcoming hearing. Witnesses scheduled to appear during the upcoming hearing include Guillermo Sohnlein, who is another co-founder of OceanGate, as well as the company’s …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Titanic expedition yields lost bronze statue, high-resolution photos and other discoveries

Associated Press

A bronze statue from the Titanic — not seen in decades and feared to be lost for good — is among the discoveries made by the company with salvage rights to the wreck site on its first expedition there in many years. RMS Titanic Inc., a Georgia-based company that holds the legal rights to the 112-year-old wreck, has completed its …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Titanic expedition yields image of lost bronze statue, 2 million high-resolution photos

LA Times

The Titanic leaves Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912. RMS Titanic Inc., which holds the legal rights to the 112-year-old wreck, has completed its first trip to the site of the sunken liner since 2010. A bronze statue from the Titanic — not seen in decades and feared to be lost for good — is among the discoveries made by …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Titanic 2.0: A look at the big plans to recreate the ill-fated ship

Firstpost

Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has been preparing to build Titanic II, a replica of the tragic ship that sank in 1912 with over 2,200 people on board. Image Courtesy: bluestarline.com.au Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has been preparing to build Titanic II, a replica of the tragic ship that sank in 1912 with over 2,200 people on board, for more than …

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1 year, 2 months ago

A company cancels its plans to recover more Titanic artifacts. Its renowned expert died on the Titan

Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va. — The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic shipwreck has cancelled plans to retrieve more artifacts from the site because the leader of the upcoming expedition died in the Titan submersible implosion, according to documents filed in a U.S. District Court on Wednesday. U.S. attorneys have said the firm’s original plans to enter the ship’s …

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1 year, 3 months ago

A new Titanic expedition is planned. The US is fighting it, says wreck is a grave site

Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va. — The U.S. government is trying to stop a planned expedition to recover items of historical interest from the sunken Titanic, citing a federal law and an international agreement that treat the shipwreck as a hallowed gravesite. “RMST is not free to disregard this validly enacted federal law, yet that is its stated intent,” U.S. lawyers argued in …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Operator of Titanic sub that imploded suspends all expeditions

The Hindu

The company that operated the sub which imploded during a dive to the Titanic wreck, killing all five people aboard, said on July 6 it had halted all activities indefinitely. The Titan sub was reported missing on June 18 and the U.S. Coast Guard said on June 22 that the vessel had suffered a catastrophic implosion, ending a rescue operation …

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1 year, 5 months ago

OceanGate suspends exploration, commercial operations after Titan submersible implosion

Live Mint

OceanGate – the company owned the Titan submersible that imploded during a dive to the titanic wreckage, killing all the five people on board including the firm’s CEO Stockton Rush – Thursday said it has suspended its exploration and commercial operations, reported CNN. The submersible was reported missing on June 18 and the US Coast Guard and Canadian authorities on …

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1 year, 5 months ago

OceanGate suspends operations after its Titan submersible imploded on its way to the Titanic

Associated Press

The company that owned a submersible that imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five onboard, said Thursday it has suspended operations. In its statement Thursday, OceanGate said it “has suspended all exploration and commercial operations,” but didn’t elaborate. A spokesperson for OceanGate, Andrew Von Kerens said later Thursday that the company wasn’t releasing …

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1 year, 5 months ago

OceanGate could protect from Titan sub legal action via 1851 maritime law employed by Titanic owners

The Independent

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1 year, 5 months ago

All planned expeditions to the Titanic ruins cancelled, possibly for a ‘lifetime’

Hindustan Times

The Titanic submersible tragedy shook the world and seems to have a long-lasting on the science industry. This photo provided by OceanGate Expeditions shows a submersible vessel named Titan used to visit the wreckage site of the Titanic. The CEO of White Star Memories Ltd., a UK Titanic artefact company, David Scott-Beddard said that he does not expect any expeditions …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Netflix slammed for streaming ‘Titanic’ ‘too soon’ after submersible disaster

LA Times

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in “Titanic,” which is returning to Netflix in July. Though critics have accused the streaming giant of acquiring the movie after the Titan submersible imploded — in an alleged effort to “capitalize” on the situation — The Times has confirmed that the deal to bring “Titanic” back to Netflix in July was struck several months …

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1 year, 5 months ago

After the Titan implosion, the US Coast Guard wants to improve the safety of submersibles

Associated Press

As an international group of agencies investigates why the Titan submersible imploded while carrying five people to the Titanic wreckage, U.S. maritime officials say they’ll issue a report aimed at improving the safety of submersibles worldwide. Investigators from the U.S., Canada, France and the United Kingdom are working closely together on the probe of the June 18 accident, which happened …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Hamish G.L. Harding | The Titan submersible was the last expedition of a life-long explorer

The Hindu

Devoted family man, “a guide and an inspiration” to his team and company, and intrepid explorer to the world, Hamish G.L. Harding was ‘no stranger in glory land’ as he soon set world records for: ‘the fastest circumnavigation of the earth via both poles; the greatest distance covered at full ocean depth’; and also ‘the greatest duration spent at full …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Titan submersible | Deep sea tragedy

The Hindu

On June 18, contact was lost with a 6.7 metre-long submersible named ‘Titan’ which was carrying one pilot and four crew members to a depth of around 3,800 metres to see the wreckage of the RMS Titanic in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Titan’s five crew members were billionaire Hamish Harding, businessman Shahzada Dawood and his university-going …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Titanic sub company, OceanGate Expedition, faces backlash over pilot job posting amid tragedy

Hindustan Times

OceanGate Expeditions, already under intense scrutiny following the tragic deaths of five individuals in its ill-fated Titanic-bound submersible, is now facing even more backlash. The company has come under fire as screenshots of a recently deleted job posting for a Submersible Pilot/Marine Technician have surfaced online, leading to questions about the timing and the state of their operations. The devastating …

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Titanic builder Harland and Wolff to be bought by Spain’s Navantia

The last Titanic salvage expedition was in 2010. Will there be any more?

Titan submersible scientific director says it malfunctioned just before Titanic dive

Mission specialist for Titan sub owner to testify before Coast Guard

Titan submersible’s scientific director says the sub malfunctioned just prior to the Titanic dive

A key employee says the Titan sub tragedy could have been prevented

Titanic shipyard to collapse into administration

Titanic shipyard prepares for administration

Ex-employees of Titanic submersible’s owner to testify before Coast Guard panel

Titanic expedition yields lost bronze statue, high-resolution photos and other discoveries

Titanic expedition yields image of lost bronze statue, 2 million high-resolution photos

Titanic 2.0: A look at the big plans to recreate the ill-fated ship

A company cancels its plans to recover more Titanic artifacts. Its renowned expert died on the Titan

A new Titanic expedition is planned. The US is fighting it, says wreck is a grave site

Operator of Titanic sub that imploded suspends all expeditions

OceanGate suspends exploration, commercial operations after Titan submersible implosion

OceanGate suspends operations after its Titan submersible imploded on its way to the Titanic

OceanGate could protect from Titan sub legal action via 1851 maritime law employed by Titanic owners

All planned expeditions to the Titanic ruins cancelled, possibly for a ‘lifetime’

Netflix slammed for streaming ‘Titanic’ ‘too soon’ after submersible disaster

After the Titan implosion, the US Coast Guard wants to improve the safety of submersibles

Hamish G.L. Harding | The Titan submersible was the last expedition of a life-long explorer

Titan submersible | Deep sea tragedy

Titanic sub company, OceanGate Expedition, faces backlash over pilot job posting amid tragedy