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: shipwrecks
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
World Fleet Ships in the Dry Cargo Category, Which Includes the Beirut “Bomb” Ship Rhosus, Generally are at Far More Risk Than Other Ship Types, Study Shows
Worldwide, a high percentage of dry cargo ships — the same sort of vessel that carried a cargo of ammonium nitrate
In the SS El Faro Aftermath, Tote Maritime Legal Team Still Fighting Minor Civil Sanctions Proposed by the Coast Guard
Nearly two and a half years after the El Faro Coast Guard casualty report and four and a half year
From the Archives: The SS Penny, Sister of the Lost Ship SS Poet, Makes One Last Trip
(Circa 1981. The Inquirer had given me a lot of leash to follow the story of the SS Poet and
Texas Tugboat Update: Bouchard Faces Possible Criminal Penalties for Defying Coast Guard Orders; Has Until Friday to Comply with Civil Orders
Bouchard Transportation, facing financial distress, continued to defy Coast Guard orders to secure an unsafe barge located off the Texas
Recent Maritime Tales: From the SS El Faro to the SS Poet, to Modern Day “Press Gangs” Off the Texas Coast
Modern Day “Impressment” in the Bouchard IncidentBouchard Barges and the Concept of Modern Press GangesIs the situation with those Bouchard