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This is National Sleep Awareness Week and the NTSB wants to share information on Crew Endurance Management. They write: Endurance involves the body’s

CDR Salamander features China’s largest FPSO on Ugly Ship Thursday. He writes; A ship only a Captain could love. I don’t think anyone will be

MS Wilhelm Gustloff, 9,000 lives lost in 1945 With a death toll six times greater than the Titanic, new light has been shed on MS Wilhelm Gustloff, as a

The following post is written by Fred Fry: This is from the 13 December 07 Haight’s Maritime Items email newsletter: San Francisco sues everyone re oil

Seven Seas Mariner in Skagway, Ak …not really, the cadence actually sounds more alluring than the job. I’d like to see the old Love Boat series

The Contra Costa Times article “Critics Fear More Barge Disasters” of February 19, 2008 and the KGO TV Channel 7 report on tug boat licensing

The AP tells of an earthquake at 18:05GMT today located at 125 miles north of London England: An earthquake struck Britain early Wednesday and was felt across

Welcome to this weeks edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 49 here. (Published 05 March 2007) You can find last week’s edition here.

Working aboard boats in Puget Sound, I hear lots on the radio. This is but a short list of Nautical Misnomers that ticks me off: Slack Tide … there

Photo By Alan Light Built in 1950 the SS Independence and her sister ship the SS Constitution were built to transport passengers between U.S. ports and the

Captain Paul Wright, a Cornishman, is a kind of latter day Henry VIII – a master and commander who moves from one queen to the next in quick succession.

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IAR Global News writes: A prominent US politician has introduced a legislative proposal aiming to protect the numbers of endangered whales. Senator John Kerry

The following is posted by Fred Fry: It’s Monday morning and as many of you know, that means that the latest edition of Maritime Monday is posted on my

Photo by 123 look at me First we witnessed trouble for the Hawaii Superferry (which is back in service) now Hawaii’s largest source of jobs for U.S.

Ferries operating in the port of Tagbilaran City, Philippines are being required to use night vision equipment. Five fast ferries have been ordered to suspend

Training at Sea by Jeffrey Musk A few months ago I returned to my rotary job onboard a Roll on/Roll off in the Pacific Ocean. Along with the familiar

Messing About In Ships podcast #10 has launched. Download the MP3 file – Messing About In Ships 10 Subscribe Via iTunes HERE Show

Photo by dollar_bill Telstar Logistics provides details on this historic day: This is a”view of a newly vacant pier 70 shipyard, now that the Oceanic

The WebUrbanist blog has an interesting post titled “7 Island Wonders of the World: Most Amazing, Mysterious, Remote” Check it out then add your