An English colony was established in America (New World) by two expeditions in 1607 and 1610 respectively in Jamestown, Virginia.  The remains of four of the prominent members of the expeditions were exhumed in...

Some facts about the dark underworld of US:Poverty, deprivation and exploitation force thousands of its own children down into a dark underworld. Tens of thousands of American children are thought to be sexually exploited every...

A fatal fall to the bottom of a cargo hold when cleaning on the coaming top face plate.As per the Hong Kong merchant shipping information note issued on 24th July 2015, the incident occurred on...

NYK line vessel rescues people stranded in the MediterraneanHermes Leader the Bahamas registered 71,177-GT car carrier was on its way to Gioia Tauro, Italy, when it received a call for help.  On 14th July 2015,...

Summer has started and people in the United States have begun to fly for vacations.  The amount of complaints regarding the flight travel has increased to an equal amount.  According to a survey by...

SMTC offers price discounts to vessels availing cold ironing at their portsThe Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission (SMTC) which oversees Shanghai port “Cold-ironing project” has introduced price discount schemes.  The purpose of these schemes is...

The Chinese vessel which had sunk due to collision with oil tanker resulted in a little oil spillage.  All 16 crew members were safely rescued.   Jiang Xia Xiang, Chinese cargo vessel sunk after a...

MGO lower their prices further, as markets flood with excess supply of fuelIMOs regulation on low sulfur fuel stipulates vessels can burn fuels with a sulfur content no higher than 0.10%.  Therefore, dependency on...

The Norwegian Maritime Authority may fine three vessels  for sulfur limit violations in Norway. Reported News Highlights:Samples from 100 ships is so far taken while the target for 2015 is 200. It is double the...

Shell confirmed the report of bunkering with Liquified Natural Gas (LNG), alternative bunker fuel to the SABIC ship in the UK port of Teesport last week.  This arrangement can be considered as temporary LNG...