How Not to Hit a Bridge with Your Ship
Here’s a close call I had a long time ago in Philadelphia The Heroic Tugs of the Delaware River By Robert R. Frump
Category: Contemporary Commentary
Thoughts on issues and entertainments of our day.
Agency Says Baltimore Bridge Ship “Dali” Had Good Risk Safety Score, But Warned That the Ship’s Fleet Operator Urgently Needed a Control Plan to Mitigate Risk
Copyright, The Frump Report The container ship Dali, which lost power and collided with a bridge near Baltimore early this
The Last of the “Sailing Calicchio Brothers” Passes the Bar
Fred Calicchio, the last of three brothers who sailed in the US Merchant Marine, passed this summer after an incredible
Red Guy/Blue Guy: A Tribute to Doc Archer
Doc died several months ago, and unless I tell you about him, I can’t really write well about much else.
The Titan Submersible, Once Thought “Flagged” in the Bahamas, Was in Fact Rejected by The Bahamas Maritime Authority and is Now Considered “Stateless”
The Titan submersible, whose owners told US Coast Guard investigators that the vessel was registered under The Bahamas Maritime Authority,
In Titanic Submersible Probe, Chief Coast Guard Investigator has Record of Sweeping Systemic Changes in Merchant Vessel and Passenger Ship Safety
Coast Guard Captain Jason Neubauer, the head of the formal Marine Board Investigation into the Titanic diving vessel tragedy, led
Save the Texas Observer Fund Tops $200,000– and a Clarification
My friends and former colleagues at The Texas Observer have raised more than $200,000 in an attempt to save the
The SS Poet, the Boys of October and People of the Fourth Kind
The last time the Philadelphia Phillies played in the World Series, I perched on the edge of my seat at
The SS El Faro Sailed into Hurricane Joaquin and Maritime History Seven Years Ago Today to Become the Most Significant American Wreck of the 21st Century
The SS El Faro and her crew of 33 disappeared in Hurricane Joaquin seven years ago today and the matter
In Remembrance: The SS Marine Electric Sailed Into History 39 Years Ago This Month
The SS Marine Electric sailed first into a winter storm — and then into history in February 1983. The three