Tag: Canary Islands

• Monday, December 9th 2019 - 09:03 UTC

  Cruise vessel adrift off Canary Islands after engine failure

  

  A cruise ship that is operated by Carnival-owned P&O Cruises, based in the UK is back in Tenerife after having suffered a loss of propulsion and remained adrift until towed to port.

• Saturday, November 23rd 2019 - 09:23 UTC

  Another major haul of cocaine in the port of Montevideo: three tons headed for the Canary Islands

  

  Uruguayan authorities this week confiscated over three tons of cocaine from an Africa-bound rice container in the port of Montevideo. The container was originally from Paraguay and was set to stop in Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands off West Africa, before finally arriving in Cotonou, in southern Benin, the National Customs Directorate said in a statement.

• Friday, December 20th 2013 - 06:05 UTC

  Four million Britons heading overseas for Christmas break; 13 million will take to the roads

  

  Around four million Britons will be heading overseas for the Christmas break, with those staying behind having to contend with packed roads and disrupted rail services.