Rather than defend against a threatened trademark lawsuit, a California-based maritime-news website has now stopped selling T-shirts with the historic shipping icon known as the Plimsoll Line. “Yes, ...

Among the many hieroglyphics that can be found on vessels sailing the ocean and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, there’s none more important than the Plimsoll line. Known also as the International Load ...

"This mark has been the hallmark of safety of the maritime industry since the 1860s; a lot of people died and a lot of mariners have been saved," he said, describing his website as the world's ...

On the side of every British ship is a load line: a horizontal line through a circle (on which, incidentally, the London Transport logo was based) known as the Plimsoll line, and named after the man ...

The Plimsoll Sensation: The Great Campaign to Save Lives at Sea by Nicolette Jones 395pp, Little, Brown, £20 A storm at sea is enough to put the fear of God into anyone; and there's nothing like being ...

English politician and social reformer Samuel Plimsoll was instrumental in bringing vital amendments to the Merchant Shipping Bill in 1876 - a legislation, which ensured the seaworthiness of British ...

Anyone who lives near a port is familiar with the plimsoll line painted on the side of a ship. A relatively simple logo placed amidships on the hull of every vessel, it marks the depth to which it can ...