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.

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Massachusetts Maritime Speech Sept 9 Re Marine Electric Heroes

Gene Kelly and I will be speaking in September on the importance of the SS Marine Electric reforms. https://www.chathammarconi.org/

A Master Maritime Reporter Expands the Offering: “The Last Untamed Frontier”

Ian Urbina, former New York Times reporter, wrote the series and book, The Outlaw Ocean. He is at one and

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Joe Biden, Knife Fighter

Before Obama, before Bork, a young Joe Biden carved his initials into the Senate floor with an astonishing upset and

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In Remembrance: The SS Marine Electric sank 38 years ago this month

“Until the Sea Shall Free Them” tells the story of Bob Cusick and the wreck of the SS Marine Electric,

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Joe Biden: Present at the Creation

When he invited me to his walk-up law office, Joe Biden was a freshly minted 29-year-old New Castle County Councilman

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Tote Avoids Serious Civil Charges and Fines in Actions Brought by the Coast Guard for the Company’s Role in the Loss of the SS El Faro and 33 Men and Women

More than three years after a Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation recommended six civil actions be brought against Tote

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Text of the US Coast Guard Civil Actions Regarding the SS El Faro and Tote, Inc.

Preliminary Assessment Letter( Non-pollution)   Activity # 5752773     The U.S. Coast Guard charges seven counts for violation of Title 46 U.S. Code

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Forty Years Ago Today, the SS Poet Sailed From Philadelphia and Disappeared. Here’s Why and There’s No October Surprise and Bermuda Triangle Involved.

Forty years ago today, the SS Poet, loaded with a cargo of corn and bound for Egypt, sailed out of

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Dry Cargo Vessel World Fleet Safety Status? Nearly 80 Percent “Require Increased Risk Managment Strategies” Says IMRRA Risk Ratings

International Maritime Risk Rating Agency (IMRRA),  found that of 143 Dry cargo vessels it screened in August, more than 112

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