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The NY Times reports on unfortunate news from the ship I’d most like to sail on, the Hospital Ship Mercy. They write: Though countries in Southeast Asia

Photo By dmcl Sailing the MV Rust Bucket: 10 Reasons Why Rowing The Pacific… Alone With the help of John’s favorite tech podcaster Leo Laporte of

Photo by Timothy Hamilton The NYTimes reports: Since mid-2006, a confluence of powerful forces — from a shortage of ships to the seemingly unquenchable

Model by Wood Wings 50 Years ago today the most infamous vessel of the Great Lakes was launched. Farlane writes: It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon on June

In 1896 the first ever row across a major body of water was marked in the record books. Since that day when Samuelson and Harbo completed their voyage over

(Note: This article was originally published in Dec 2007) We have taken a look at piracy in the Strait of Malacca and showed you how criminal organizations

We experienced a slight server glitch this morning. This isn’t the first time this has happened but I’m not disappointed with our 8 month strech of

Full Size Version This is a dynamic (self updating) chart of shipping companies by Market Capitalization. (Source: Google

Ever wonder where American goods are going? Well here is a look at America’s Top 10 countries for U.S. Exports (2005) Canada … US$211.9 billion (up

Safety First – Container Terminal In Hongkong – Click here for another funny movie. Safety Reminder – Never stand under the load of a

Photo by christinepilote Can you starve to death sleep? We have highlighted national sleep week, showed you how to cheat on sleep and even provided outrageous

Yesterday the passengers of the cruise ship Norwegian Spirit were, as the Daily News headline reads, “Cruising For A Bruising”, yesterday as the

Let’s check our collective intellegence with a short Quiz: [polldaddy poll=”623597″] Congratulations to the 5 readers with the correct

Stena drilling has announced plans to build an ice capable drillship. Rigzone tells us: Stena Drilling is delighted to confirm its order for a new drillship at

With the shows Carrier America’s Port and The Deadliest Catch ships are dominating America’s primetime reality television but a new show broadens

Ernie’s Place brings us the world’s largest Non-Nuclear explosion: Alaska along the coast of British Columbia, there is what is known as the inland

Episode 22 of Messing About In Ships has launched. Download MP3: Messing About In Ships podcast episode 22 May 8, 2008 Subscribe Via iTunes HERE Shownotes:

While the majority of episodes are dedicated to recreational boaters, the weekly video podcast TheBoaters TV is enjoyable viewing and has the occasional story

. We have seen bad loading plans in the past but this one is a true gem. Thanks to

I stumbled upon this post while doing research for our EPIRB Failure series. It’s new distress system developed by researchers at John Hopkins