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Welcome to this 128th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 78 here. (Published 01 October 2007) You can find last week’s edition here

OPA 90, the legislation enacted after the Exxon Valdez incident mandated double hull technology, essentially wrapping a second hull around the first, on all

Sea Stories Peter Google Catches Sea-Fever, Too Significant loss for sail training – The sinking of the Irish Asgard II Waypoints 500 and 99 Days at Sea,

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

The Maeslant Storm Surge Barrier is one of the largest moving structures on the planet.  The barrier, completed in May of 1997, was the final stage of the

Google is at it again, thinking outside the box for ways to revolutionize technology, expand their reach and differentiate themselves from their competition

Interesting video just released by USCG on Hurricane Ike.  USCGCImagery tells us: Petty Officer Third Class Lee Gutierrez explains how the crew of the Coast

This week in MAIS Podcast we discuss seasickness, give you and update on the MSC Napoli incident, share a note from Roger Enright of Speaking from the Gulch

In our country’s race to become more energy independent, offshore wind farms have taken a back seat to the offshore drilling debate that is currently

With the close of this years arctic ice retreat and this years melt is just another reason to have scientists worrying.  While not quite reaching the extent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj-FIXlTPIo Youtube user annanoli tells us: Italian liner Principessa Jolanda sinks during launch because of defective

Pilotage Paradox by Paul Drouin The Cosco Busan accident, as with many others that have the same root cause, can be categorized into what I call the pilotage

Under military testing since 2006 the US Navy’s M80 Stiletto was put into action this week. Marine Link reports: The Pentagon’s high-speed,

USCG: Taylors Island USCG: Activities Baltimore, Prevention Team 1 (2002- USCG: Castle Rock, Main USCG: Aids to Navigation Team Boston (1996- Here is a look at

The good people at Spurs Marine Manufacturing would like us to remind everyone of the of next weeks SMM 2008 international trade fair in Hamburg, Germany being

Crushed containers hang off the the vessel More hang off the stern including one self-unloading box While crossing the Pacific in late February 2008, M/V CMA

This video released by the Pentagon Channel reports on the USCG’s continued efforts in and around the Houston area following Hurricane Ike. For more of

I don’t have many pictures of my father but I recently ran across one posted on the website of his fire company “Rescue 3”. Following Vietnam

From the Anti-Hurricane Technology Fund in Slovakia comes this invention for mitigating the effects of cyclone damage. The invention is called “The