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Here is some video of the cruise ship Voyager battling the 2005 cyclone Valentina off the coast of Majorca. The full story: LINK

Artificial Intelligence by Richard Rodriguez NetworkWorld.com is reporting that the US Air Forces is looking to artificial intelligence for controlling

Wikipedia has a good entry detailing the meaning behind each of the Signal Flags. Click on the image above to view the

Here is episode #9 for your listening pleasure. Show Notes Can Be Found HERE Download the MP3 file HERE Subscribe Via iTunes HERE NEXT ON MAIS Special Feature:

USCG Press Release 7 Feb 2008: Last April the Coast Guard asked for public comment on the need to continue broadcasting high frequency (HF) high seas weather

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmM_CCIFyZ8 (If Video becomes “unavailable” try HERE or HERE) The BBC Writes: Australia has released graphic

Bitterend found this great image of so called “Rubbish Soup”. They tell us; “The vast expanse of debris – in effect the world’s

Rueters gives us the details on this catastrophic fire aboard the Ro-Ro Und Adriyatik: 06 Feb 2008 – ZAGREB, Croatia A burning Turkish cargo ship with

When a maritime incident happens the most up to date information often comes from news sources close to the scene. How do you find these sources? Lifehacker

Bob Couttie of Maritime Accident Casebook is giving MAIIF a helping hand researching accidents in confined spaces and is looking for your help. He writes: I

gCaptain’s Founder recently did an interview with IMC’s blog. Those interested can find it

An interesting way to recycle Polypropylene Line. More details can be found HERE. (Via

The following images were taken by the Australian Customs Service in their mission to end Japanese whaling of the Souther Ocean. Japanese Whaling Ship Yushin

Photo By Gerard Stolk Shipspotters (via Fred Fry‘s Discoverer Entry) brings us Zhen Hua 10 Stranded on Beach near Rotterdam! We detailed the sister ship

The BBC Tells us; A cargo ship captain who was seriously injured in a force 10 gale off the Isles of Scilly is in hospital after being rescued by

Submarine cables world map. Click here for full-size version (Graphic: Telegeography.com) Sea-Fever‘s Peter Mello submitted the following story to our

BitterEnd reports that the Royal Navy Ice patrol ship HMS ENDURANCE, which amongst other tasks is carrying survey work in the Antarctic on behalf of the United

The stats for January are in and we would like to Congratulate and Thank our readers from London who, with 937 unique visitors, have squeezed out Houston, New

We interrupt your weekend reading to bring you an Inconvenient Truth; the maritime casualty list for 2008. This list is from CargoLaw.com and will only be

San Francisco, CA (28 January): A panel of outside experts formed by the commandant of the Coast Guard to study the response to the Cosco Busan oil spill today