The ship's Istanbul-based owner, Ya-Sa Shipping Industry and Trading, has not been able to contact the freighter, company spokesman Fehmi Ulgener said.

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The ship's owner hired the clean-up crew here, and the crew boss wasn't about to let reporters onto the beach.

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This creates a split-incentive, because the ship owner (who would pay for the upgrades) does not get the benefit of savings on fuel consumption.

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The London-based daughter of a Greek ship owner, she spent her summers at the family estate on the island of Ithaca, with family friends such as Aristotle Onassis dropping by.

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We recommend the owner-operated outfits because they run a much tighter ship.

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This comes as a relief to Intermarine, the owner of the ship, as well as for the 15-man all-American crew who had been stuck in limbo since August 29 when Venezuelan customs officials discovered a handful of weapons on board.

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When Mr Desmond became the owner of Express Newspapers, many hard-bitten journalists were sufficiently horrified to jump ship at the first opportunity, some even leaving before they had other jobs to go to.

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