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,

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Captain Neubauer

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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