Falkland Islands

• Thursday, March 29th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Adsteam Marine acquires Howard Smith Towage.

  The Falkland Islands tug boat fleet of the Howard Smith Group has become part of the largest harbour towage company in the world.

• Thursday, March 29th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine “private” flight to Falklands causes confusion.

  There appears to be some confusion in the Falklands with respect to the arrival on Thursday afternoon of an Argentine businessman Matias Suarez Anzorena, a wool buyer from the city of Rio Grande in Tierra del Fuego.

• Wednesday, March 28th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  UK Welcomes South Georgia handover to BAS Scientists

  The withdrawal of British soldiers from South Georgia and its transfer to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has been widely welcomed in the United Kingdom.

• Wednesday, March 28th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Visitor Centre to Welcome Tourists.Shackleton Scholars' Blueprint for Heritage Tourism and

  A splendid new Visitor Centre will in future welcome visitors to the Falkland Islands on Stanley Jetty. The first stage has been completed, with plans for future extension. It is an initiative of the Falkland Islands Development Corporation of which Tourism Department is a part.

• Wednesday, March 28th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  FIBS Breaking News.

• Tuesday, March 27th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  South America News.

• Monday, March 26th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Endurance is sailing back home.

  HMS ENDURANCE has now come to the end of her 2000/2001 Antarctic deployment and is preparing to make her journey back home to Portsmouth with a few foreign visits on the way. ENDURANCE, which sailed from the UK last October, has conducted three work periods in South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula during the austral summer months.

• Monday, March 26th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguayan beef for Chile

  The ban on Argentine beef, because of foot and mouth disease, has meant an immediate 10% increase in the price of Uruguayan beef in Chile.

• Monday, March 26th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  FIBS Breaking News.

• Sunday, March 25th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Lan Chile to consider second weekly Falklands flight.

  Discussions between representatives of the Falkland Islands Development Corporation (FIDC) and Lan Chile officials aimed at introducing a second weekly flight between Santiago and the Islands are currently taking place.