7-week-old Conjoined Twin Girls Separated Doctors at a Kentucky hospital performed an eight-hour surgery and separated conjoined twin girls. A 7-week-old twin girls who were born joined at the chest and abdominal cavity were separated after...

In 1998,  Viagra (sildenafil) came to the market and some men thought it was the long-awaited answer to their problems. Many rushed to doctor's offices to give it a try.  According to the Grey...

Maggie Doyne was awarded CNN hero of the year 2015 for her commitment to help women and children in Nepal. Maggie Doyne, an American Philanthropist, was brought up in Mendham Borough, New Jersey.  In the...

Accident type : Collision Vessels involved : SS Arctic and SS Vesta Location : Cape Race Date : September 27, 1854 Casualties : 300 people died VESSEL INFO: Name : SS Arctic Built in : 1850 Flag : America Tonnage : 2856 tons Length : 284 feet SS Arctic was a 2,856-ton paddle steamer, owned...

Enbridge Inc Northern Gateway Pipeline Proposal: Another hurdle as Canada decides to implement to Ban Tankers on North Pacific Coast Canada plans to formally ban oil tanker traffic on the northern coast of British Columbia,...

An executive of the aircraft specialist Boeing has informed that it is in "very serious" talks with five customers about its new Maritime Surveillance Aircraft, a long-range spy plane based on Bombardier's 605 business...

Travelling slower reduces fuel consumption and nitrogen oxides emissions of ships An interesting study has thrown up a revelation that ships that reduce their speed use less fuel, which lowers costs for shipping companies. The slow...

Two weeks ago, a sand dredger sank in the Reykjavik harbor. And now, the sunken ship has surfaced. Nearly 700 tonnes of water has been pumped out of the vessel and it has been...

Container Vessel Delayed Due To Engine Failure A container vessel (Name removed) reported a main engine pilot valve failure and will be delayed for about 6 days. The vessel was sailing from Buenaventura to Hong Kong  and it reported...

To bring the EU regulations into line with the 2008 revision of the International Maritime Organization’s MARPOL Annex VI, the new sulphur directive, Directive 2012/33/EU came into effect on 17th December 2012.  To comply...