Wreck of 400-Year-Old Spice Trade Ship Found Off Portugal



Archaeologists have found a 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Portugal, in what one specialist called the“discovery of a decade”.

Spices, ceramics and cannons engraved with Portugal’s coat of arms all lie around the wreck, found near Cascais, close to the capital Lisbon.

The team believe the ship was returning from India when it sank sometime between 1575 and 1625.

This was at the height of Portugal’s spice trade with Asia.

At a depth of 12m (40ft) the wreck was very well preserved,...

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Singapore-registered tanker arrested in Malaysia for illegal STS

Kantek 2 is operated by Sentek, Singapore’s largest bunker supplier. Credit: IHS Markit A tanker operated by Singapore’s top bunker supplier has been arrested in Malaysia, on suspicion of making an illegal ship-to-ship (STS) fuel transfer off Pengerang.
Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA)...

https://fairplay.ihs.com/ports/article/4306996/singapore-registered-tanker-arrested-in-malaysia-for-illegal-sts

Η δημοκρατία της σκοπιμότητας

Πολλά μπορεί να πει κανείς για το δημοψήφισμα στα Σκόπια. Άλλοι θα σταθούν στη χαμηλή προσέλευση.
Άλλοι πάλι στο 91% που είπε ΝΑΙ. Εμείς προτιμούμε να μείνουμε στο φαινόμενο που και η χώρα μας έζησε το καλοκαίρι του 2015, όταν άλλα είπε ο λαός κι άλλα τελικά έγιναν. Πρόκειται για αυτό που χαρακτηρίζουμε ως δημοκρατική παρακμή. Ως «δημοκρατία της σκοπιμότητας».

Είναι αλήθεια πως οι λαοί δεν έχουν οδηγηθεί εσχάτως τυχαία σε λαϊκιστικές επιλογές. Πως δεν έχουν ξαφνικά πάθει παράκρουση δίχως να...

http://www.newmoney.gr/blogs/dimitris-markopoylos/372091-i-dimokratia-tis-skopimotitas

Exxon Starts New Unit to Raise Beaumont Output of Ultra-Low Sulfur Fuels

In a major development, Exxon Mobil has  started operationsat a new unit in their 366K bbl/day integrated Beaumont, Tex., facility in order to increase the production of ultra-low sulfur fuels by 45K bbl/day.

What is it about?
  • XOM says the new unit relies on the company’s proprietary technology to remove sulfur and meet Environmental Protection Agency specifications while minimizing octane loss.
  • XOM also says it is continuing with plans at Beaumont to expand its polyethylene manufacturing...

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Europe has Capacity to Recycle its Ships

Ship recycling yards approved by the EU will have enough capacity to handle demand from EU-flagged ships that need to be scrapped, a new analysisshows.

Low-cost ship ‘breaking’ yards

The shipping industry wants low-cost ship ‘breaking’ yards outside the EU – with dangerous working conditions and poor environmental standards – to be added to the EU list of approved facilities in order to meet demand from vessels bound by the bloc’s ship recycling law, which enters force on 1 January 2019.

But...

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