The Boat
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| Originally published | May 13, 2008 |
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| Authors | Nam Le |
| Publishers | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Page count | 228 |
| Genres | Short Story |
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| ID | 2914024 |
About The Boat
The Boat is a collection of short stories by the Vietnamese-Australian writer Nam Le, published in 2008. It contains seven short stories taking place all over the world, from Colombia and the United States to Vietnam, Tehran, Australia and Hiroshima.
Two migrants die crossing Channel in small boat
... The Boat was spotted getting into difficulty, with several people in the water, less than a mile from the French coast early on Wednesday afternoon...
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... More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean on 14 April 1912, causing The Boat to sink...
Channel deaths: Government orders inquiry into mass drowning
... It said that might have contributed to the wrong assumption that people on board The Boat had been rescued by the Border Force...
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... A search was started but was later called off when no-one from The Boat was found to be missing...
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... According to the National Archives, there were 1,027 people on board The Boat, and more than 800 of them gave their last country of residence as somewhere in the Caribbean...
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... Sharks, for example, are deterred thanks to a piercing audio signal being sent from The Boat...
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... Seven of the 35 people on board were rescued and several bodies quickly recovered, but others were swept away in the swollen river or trapped inside The Boat...
World War Two: The Australian commando raid in Singapore
... Park The Boat off Singapore, then paddle into Keppel Harbour in collapsible canoes under cover of darkness...
Uist left with no ferry service after MV Hebrides hits pier
Islanders in Uist have been left with no dedicated ferry service to mainland Scotland.
South Uist 's boat, MV Lord of the Isles, was withdrawn from service on Tuesday for essential repairs to its firefighting system.
On Wednesday night, North Uist 's MV Hebrides struck a pier and all its sailings on Thursday were cancelled.
Ferry operator CalMac apologised and said it was considering moving boats around its network.
Western Isles local authority Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has reacted with anger at Uist being left without a service.
Islanders are now facing journeys of More Than five hours, involving multiple ferry crossings, to get to The Mainland .
Normally South Uist 's Lochboisdale to Mallaig crossing is a three hour and 45 minute journey, while North Uist 's Lochmaddy to Uig ferry trip takes One Hour and 45 minutes.
But now the options available to people wanting to travel from the Uists to The Mainland are:
These Times do not factor in the waits for different ferries, the 30 to 45 minute check-ins for the larger boats and some of the driving to the ports.
The MV Hebrides struck the pier at Lochmaddy in North Uist on Wednesday night.
This led to the cancellation of all Thursday's sailings between Uig on Skye, Tarbert on Harris and Lochmaddy.
Skye provides a link to The Mainland via its road bridge.
The MV Lord of the Isles was withdrawn from the Mallaig-Lochboisdale route on Tuesday,
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has called on CalMac to charter a catamaran ferry as cover for disrupted islands sailings.
CalMac said engineers were assessing the extent of the damage to the MV Hebrides.
A spokeswoman said: " We Are extremely sorry for the disruption that this will cause to our passengers.
" Investigations are currently being carried out into the extent of the repair required, and we will provide updates regarding services For Tomorrow later today.
" Options such as moving vessels around The Network are also being investigated. "
Transport Scotland said the MV Hebrides was an operational matter for CalMac.
The comhairle said Western Isles ferry services were in crisis and problems had affected lifeline services for at least The Last five years.
A spokesman said: " The community of Uist is left without a ferry service to The Mainland with both MV Hebrides withdrawn from her service to Uig on Skye and MV Lord of the Isles in Greenock for repairs rather than on her service from Lochboisdale to Mallaig. "
The comhairle urged CalMac to hire a catamaran called the MV Pentalina.
The ferry had been looked at as cover for island services Last Year ,
The MV Hebrides situation is the latest in a series of disruptions affecting CalMac's West Coast network, many.
Last week, The Lord of the Isles was withdrawn from the Mallaig-Lochboisdale route for an estimated Eight Days for repairs to its firefighting system.
CalMac said a relief boat was unavailable while the ferry was out of service. Repairs to The Boat were said to be progressing Well .
Source of news: bbc.com
