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VIDEO: Huge cargo ship lists dangerously off French coast

Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:14:06 +0100

A Panamanian-registered cargo ship was listing dangerously more than 300 kilometres off the western coast of France in rough seas on Friday, maritime authorities said.

France in talks with Russia to end Mistral row

Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:27:44 +0200

French President Francois Hollande said on Sunday that negotiations with Moscow were under way to find a solution to a dispute over the sale of two Mistral warships, frozen over the Ukraine crisis.

France tests Moscow's second Mistral ship

Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:55:12 +0100

France went ahead on Monday with the testing phase for the second Mistral ship that Paris has sold to Moscow, despite the controversial deal being on hold due to tensions in Ukraine.

Russians say France will hand over warship

Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:57:00 +0100

Russia says it's due to receive its French-made Mistral warship by November 14th, according to AFP, potentially ending months of speculation over whether France would fold to international pressure to not conclude the deal.

Court convicts British ferry crew for fatal crash

Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:08:00 +0200

A French court on Wednesday handed a manslaughter conviction to the captain and first mate of a British ferry, who chatted about US actor Halle Berry just before the vessel crashed into a fishing boat in the English Channel, killing its skipper.

Big liner order saves ailing French shipyard

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:58:44 +0100

An ailing French shipyard landed a billion-euro contract on Thursday as a US cruise company announced it was ordering a massive luxury liner from STX France at Saint Nazaire.

Two French people die in cruise ship disaster

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:36:00 +0100

Two French tourists died after the Italian cruise ship the Costa Concordia sank off the coast of Tuscany on Friday.