A Hero of the SS Marine Electric Crosses the Bar
Gene Kelly died over the weekend. He was one of three survivors of the wreck of the SS Marine Electric
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
Waiting for the Monsoon: A Master Class in Journalism and Human Growth by Rod Nordland
By Bob Frump Ha! Comes now Rod Nordland, one of my personal heroes and our mightiest modern-day war correspondent, fallen
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
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