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Radar is out? Stop cursing and grab a plotting sheet.

By On September 10, 2009

Ok your entering the fairway at Galveston and your radar goes out, what is plan B? How about handing the mate a plotting sheet and sending him to the AIS? [...]

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VTS Photo Gallery – A look inside maritime vessel traffic services worldwide.

By On August 18, 2009

Our friend Richard Rodriguez of the BitterEnd Blog had an excellent post titled VTS – Working with large vessels, that gives Puget Sound boaters tips on communicating with the numerous [...]

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Cosco Busan – Radar Images And NTSB Transcript

By On September 19, 2008

Back in November we worked with a number of organizations to bring you the path of the Cosco Busan on the day of its allision with San Francisco’s Bay Bridge [...]

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San francisco Oil Spill Hearings – A Response to Admiral Bone, USCG

By On November 20, 2007

Yesterday my comments were published on the front page of The San Francisco Chronicle in an article titled; “Hearing today at Presidio – tough queries for spill captain.” Prior to [...]

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Cosco Busan – Questions,Questions,Questions

By On November 16, 2007

By Bob Couttie  Once the US National Transportation Safety Board has produced the transcripts of the voyage data recorder from the Cosco Busan (Formerly the Hanjin Cairo, the Hanjin name [...]

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San Francisco Pilot’s Report Published

By On November 13, 2007

The San Francisco Chronicle has published the Pilot’s Report on the Cosco Busan Incident. Here are the parts of interest to mariners; Meadows said problems also cropped up in “bridge [...]

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