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Image via sfexaminer.com A massive 328-foot crane arrived in San Francisco Bay last week to start working on the Bay Bridge’s eastern span project.  The

Today Disney announced the names of their new build cruise ships: Disney Fantasy & Disney Dream. Disney also announced that steel cutting has begun at at

After my last Fire Team meeting the 2nd Mate said: “you must own stock in the Halligan Tool Company”. Well I don’t (such a company

Here in the US no plans exist to build a maritime museum of any significant scale but smal designs continue to be planned including the newly proposed Morro

(Image: Popular Mechanics) Ever wonder what it takes to construct the world’s largest passenger ship?  Well, Popular Mechanicss takes a step by step

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 151st edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 101 here. (Published 10 March 2008) You can

We bring you the latest news about a pink dolphin in Louisiana via The

While this may or may not fit your idea of the perfect luxurious destination hotel, you have to admit, the concept is an interesting one.  In fact, the

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 150th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 100 here. (Published 02 March 2008) You can

Earlier today the Greek-owned cargo ship MV Saldanha was seized by pirates in the Gulf of Aden. The BBC brings us more on this story. The BBC’s Jonah

Case Name: George “Jorge” Casas v U.S. Joiner, LLC and Northrup Gumman Ship Systems Inc. Date Decided: August 7, 2009 Court: U.S.D.C. Southern

After being decommissioned this past August after 58 years of service, NOAA’s oldest and only wooden research ship that remained in its fleet, the John

Foreign Flag or Flag of Convenience? by Ian Bowles During the glory days of empire and famous shipping lines, it would have been easy for nationalistic

Peter A Mello of Seafever.org points us to 10 shipwrecks that capture our imaginations… well MSNBC’s imaginations anyway.  As Peter put’s

Today, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a public board meeting on its investigation into the Cosco Busan allision.  The goal of which, was

This was brought to our attention by digg.com, the social networking site that allows its users to submit links and news stories and then list the stories by

To celebrate US Presidents Day we would like to bring you 5 of our favorite Presidential quotes on the Merchant Marines. 1. President John Adams, Memoirs No

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 149th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 99 here. (Published 25 February 2008) You

Photo via Navy.mil It has been a bad week for pirates in the Gulf of Aden.  Yesterday, the USS Vella gulf apprehended 9 suspected pirates following a

If you have been following the news for the past two weeks, you must have read about the discovery of the HMS Victory, the legendary British warship that went