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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.

Download the MP3 file – Messing About In Ships #11 Show Notes Subscribe Via iTunes HERE Low-Bandwidth

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

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:

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

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