91.   About two to three support vessels were around the Cole, including pilot craft and a garbage barge.

92.   All three vessels were Chinese-owned.

93.   Although a sea storm was likely an aggravating factor, the vessel should have been able to withstand it, the report said.

94.   Although some large companies have begun to modernize their ferry fleets in recent years, many Philippine vessels are still dilapidated and vulnerable to accidents.

95.   An Italian salvage vessel was poised Sunday over a sunken Albanian refugee ship that went down in the Adriatic Sea in March with scores of people aboard.

96.   An hour after the initial contact, the vessels were finally snug against each other, their hooks latched.

97.   Although some large companies have begun to modernize their ferry fleets in recent years, many vessels are still dilapidated and thus vulnerable to accidents.

98.   An Emirates official speaking on condition of anonymity, however, said the vessel was a very old Iraqi tanker that was carrying oil from Iraq to Pakistan.

99.   Any pressure vessel is truly a balloon.

100.   At mid morning on Thursday, the empty, scarred vessel was still afloat, listing badly to port.