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RENK AG, a member of the MAN Group, will occupy Stand 6012 in Hall 6 at SMM showing their complete range of products for the ship propulsion sector. The presentation will focus…

When the 58,508 dwt single hull tanker Sea Jackie, laden with 44,000 barrels of oil, ran aground at the entrance to the Mississippi River in late May, the Marine Response Alliance (MRA)…

Asian national maritime sensitivities have surfaced with reports of a dispute between South Korea and Japan over the the 200 year-old name of the body of water separating them, the Sea of…

Historic concerns that the worlds onlysuperpower could have so easily been called Vespucciland are eased by this newvolume, which argues persuasively that the USAand all the Americas werenamed not after Italian explorer…

The River Severn rises in the Cambrian Mountains 600m above sea level andruns 330 km to the Bristol Channel. It is Britainslongest river and certainly one of its most dangerous.

Paddle Steamer were an appealing way for many people to make excursionsdoon the watter during the pre-war period.

It is estimated that in the three centuries prior to 1800, at least twomillion sailors were killed by scurvy.