Friday, June 8, 2007
Lifesaving Incidents

Environmental Impact and Salvage of M/V Pasha Bulker

I’m happy to report that all crew members have been rescued from the ship! The two other ships which had made distress calls after dragging anchor, have

June 8, 2007
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Celebrate World Ocean Day

Today is World Ocean Day. What is World Ocean Day? Created in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro – although not yet officially designated by the

June 8, 2007
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Thursday, June 7, 2007
Lifesaving Incidents

Update: All crew members rescued from M/V Pasha Bulker

UPDATE: Hunter’s Best informs us that all 22 people have been evacuated from the ship: EMERGENCY crews have successfully airlifted 22 people from a coal

June 7, 2007
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Lifesaving Incidents

Update: 2 more ships at risk of grounding

More information is starting to emerge from Australia on the coal ship Pasha Bulker From the Sydney Morning Herald: At least two more ships are at risk of

June 7, 2007
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Lifesaving Incidents

Breaking News: Thousands of people lining beaches to save ship’s crew.

NowPublic.com brings us this breaking news story: Ship aground – fight to rescue crew Thousands of people are lining Newcastle’s beaches in driving

June 7, 2007
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Interesting

Thousands of Jumbo Squid spotted near Long Beach

Fisherman have discovered thousands of Jumbo Squid off the Southern California coast this week. The site mongabay.com tells us: Thousands of Jumbo squid

June 7, 2007
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MARAD Outfitting Ships with Wireless Networks

Maritime Links has a story on Shipboard Wireless Networking upgrades on MARAD Vessels: In times of wars or emergencies, it falls to the Transportation

June 7, 2007
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Discover Maritime News – Upcoming Stories

Here are some of the upcoming stories in our Maritime News Discoverer section: MMA Training Ship Skipper returns to Maine Alaska towns miss ship that ran

June 7, 2007
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Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Video

Video of the Emma Maersk – World’s Largest Container Ship

Here is some video of the Emma Maersk, the World’s Largest Container Ship, at sea. Comments from the video: The first build of Maersk Line’s

June 5, 2007
Total Views: 408

USCG

Top 10 Rescue at Sea Videos from the U.S. Coast Guard

From the boats to ships to natural disaster this video from YouTube user USCG Imagery is a compilation of the top 10 USCG rescues at sea. Have a better

June 5, 2007
Total Views: 771

Monday, June 4, 2007
Marine Weather

The Deadliest Catch – Rogue Wave Edition

Some Rogue Wave Footage from “The Deadliest Catch”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_8hOai9hGQ&mode=related&search= Here is another

June 4, 2007
Total Views: 92

Saturday, June 2, 2007
Uncategorized

Discover Maritime News

Here are some upcoming stories from our Discoverer News Section: Boat carrying suspected NKorean defectors enters northern Japanese port Maine Maritime ship

June 2, 2007
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