I have just attempted to swim the Hellespont, that great waterway that connects Europe with Asia - and, for my pains, I not only failed (dismally), but was beaten out of sight by Bo Derek as well as a ...

Innovation on the tanker front comes from many venues, and one of the latest — the Ecomax tanker design — is offered from the minds and experience of a pair of French companies, classification society ...

I have just had my second crack at attempting to swim the Hellespont; it did not go well. Sometimes, even though I'm only two years in, it feels as if this historic swim is developing its own powerful ...

After swimming the Hellespont, the fast-flowing strait that separates Europe from Asia, Lord Byron wrote to his mother. ‘I plume myself on this achievement more than I could possibly do on any kind of ...

Doon Mackichan marks the 200th anniversary of Byron swimming the Hellespont, celebrating his commemorative poem and comparing Byron's feat with the experiences of today's swimmers. Show more It is 200 ...

Leander bares tale of Hellespont swim in exclusive interview. First of all I want to say how I owe every bit of my success to Hero, my fiancee, who was at my side in her father's trireme every inch of ...

The platform supply vessel Hellespont Drive was boarded by four robbers armed with long knives in the early hours of Thursday morning, with the assailants making off with ship stores. A report from ...

Ardmore Shipping Ltd, the specialist tanker company, today announced that it has taken over the contracts for two newbuild vessels from Hellespont Group and, in a separate deal, has agreed to charter ...