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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Dispatches from a Hot Zone: The Quest for Life, Love and Identity in an Age of Plague, Capgras and Bonnet Syndromes

Suzanne climbed to the third floor with the sure-footedness of an ibex in the Alps, a testament to two years

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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

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To Pass the Time During Virus Lockdown, Here are Two Books Free Online: The Wreck of the SS Marine Electric. And the Wreck of the SS El Faro

Need a good maritime read during virus lockdown? Here are two free online books — one on the Marine Electric; the other on the SS El Faro to pass the time.

Ready or Not, Here She Comes: The USNS Comfort, Near the End of Her Useful Life as a Hospital Ship, Sails Once More into the Breach on President Trump’s Orders

Ready or Not, Here She Comes. President Trump Orders the USNS Comfort to Manhattan