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Question To The Coast Guard: Where Are The UAV’s?!

By On January 18, 2011

Just think of the opportunities if every Coast Guard boat station and cutter had it’s own fixed wing aircraft and could initiate search and rescue operations before rescue boat had [...]

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Maritime Monday 203: The Pacific Northwest

By On February 28, 2010

You can find last week’s edition here » Steamboats at Colman Dock, Seattle, WA, circa 1912 – The Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet was a large number of private transportation companies [...]

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Concordia Post-Mortem: Safety, Preparation Go Together

By On February 27, 2010

Last week’s news of the sinking school ship Concordia, which sailed from Nova Scotia to destinations around the world, rocked many who read of the 64 students, staff and crew [...]

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Cargo Ship Sinks en route to Barbados

By On February 23, 2010

Tuesday, 23 February 2010 23:23 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados In excess of 15,000 tonnes of cargo, valued in the millions of dollars and bound for Barbados, are now at the bottom of [...]

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As Food Distribution Improves, Haitians Want U.S. to “Take Over”

By On February 2, 2010

Haitians line up for food in downtown Port-au-Prince. They had to disperse after people in the front of the line broke through and grabbed all the food being distributed. Photo: [...]

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1,400 Planes Waiting to Bring Aid to Haiti, Containers Soon to Follow

By On January 21, 2010

Jan. 21, 2010 / Associated Press - About 120 to 140 flights a day are now able to land at the country’s single airport in Port-au-Prince, which was damaged in last [...]

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Massive Explosions in Puerto Rico Refinery – Video

By On October 23, 2009

CNN has the story: Officials say it could take a week to extinguish a massive fire that burned Friday afternoon at a fuel storage complex in Puerto Rico, sending a [...]

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Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon Drills World’s Deepest Oil and Gas Well

By On September 3, 2009

Transocean Ltd. has announced that its ultra-deepwater semisubmersible rig Deepwater Horizon recently drilled the deepest oil and gas well ever while working for BP and its co-owners on the Tiber [...]

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QE2 Headed for Cape Town

By On July 20, 2009

The Queen Elizabeth II is headed for Cape Town, South Africa. This just in from BBC News: Cunard sold the Southampton-based liner for £50m to the United Arab Emirates real [...]

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Somali Pirate Being Charged as Adult – Update

By On April 21, 2009

Image via AP The sole surviving suspected pirate in the attempted hijacking of the Maersk Alabama and resulting hostage-taking of the ships captain appeared before a federal judge this afternoon [...]

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TWIC Update – 1 Million Now Enrolled in TWIC Program

By On March 11, 2009

TWIC Program Update – One million port and longshore workers, truckers and others at ports across the nation have enrolled in the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential [...]

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USNS Impeccable – Harassed by Chinese Navy + FAQ

By On March 9, 2009

Yesterday, five Chinese vessels “shadowed and aggressively maneuvered in dangerously close proximity” to the U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship, USNS Impeccable, as it conducted routine operations in international waters in [...]

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