The Flipper Factor: Will the US Deploy Its Dolphin Corps to Hunt Mines in Iran?
Dolphins, Mines, and the Strait of Hormuz: The Navy’s Most Unusual Weapon Posted by Robert Frump In the narrow, silted
Category: maritime
The Mine War We May Not Be Ready to Fight: How U.S. Decisions Handed Iran an Edge
(Editor’s note: Author Robert Frump is a nationally recognized maritime writer and journalist who has reported at length on maritime
The DUKW Tragedies: The Coast Guard Flagged Them in 1999 — But They Sailed On and Families Died
Posted by Robert Frump Estimated Reading Time: 14–16 minutes Editor’s Note: Of all the maritime stories I’ve written since 1980,
The Bouchard Barge Scandal: How a Tank Barge Empire Collapsed Under Coast Guard Scrutiny
For decades, Bouchard Transportation Co. was one of the most prominent petroleum barge operators on the U.S. East Coast. Its tug-and-barge fleet
Was the Titanic the Worst Shipwreck in History?
Why the Titanic Was Not the Deadliest Shipwreck And the overlooked disasters that were far worse Key Takeaways: The RMS
As the El Faro Wreck Nears Ten Years Past, A New Masterpiece Emerges in Maeve McGoran’s “Shipwreck: How a Captain, Company and Culture Sank The SS El Faro”
Think you know a lot about the SS El Faro? I sure do. I read three great books about the
Days of Wine and Rogue Waves: The 1960 SS Angelo Petri Cabernet Tanker Incident Off San Francisco
(This continues a series on “serial sinkers” – ships that had to be rescued more than once. Hope you enjoy
The Ship That Wouldn’t Die
Twice rescued, twice transformed, some ships just are overachievers By Robert R. Frump (Time to start writing again about maritime
At the Ninth Anniversary of the SS El Faro Disaster, Here is a Bob Frump Podcast About Maritime Safety, the SS Poet, the SS Marine Electric , the El Faro and Frump’s Forty Years on the Maritime Beat
I sat down with Cyprus-based Captain VS Parani a while back and think this podcast may be of interest to
Arguably the Best Modern Oral Narrative of Shipwreck Survival — and Two Good Books Worth Your Consideration.
Sorry to be absent these past several weeks. Covid and family healthcare have kept me busy. Thanks for your patience.