The Most Famous Rescues — Followed by the Worst Investigations — The Wrecks of the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer
Nearly everyone who watched the movie The Finest Hours knows the story of the famous rescue back in 1952 —
In Remembrance: The Marine Electric Sank 38 Years Ago This Month, Changing Maritime Safety Forever. Here’s How It Happened
The Wreck of the Marine Electric, in February 1983, triggered a series of US Coast Guard reforms that changed maritime safety forever.
The Smithsonian Documentary Gets Some of ‘El Faro’ Right, But Misses the Real Outcome — and Fabricates a Vital Scene
Comes now the Smithsonian Channel with its latest installment of famous ship wrecks, and to its credit, presents some first
(Work in Progress) “A Man-Eater Named Osama: Tanzania’s Desperate Quest to End the Worst Lion-Human Conflict of the 21st Century” (Chapter Three)
The lion attacks begin in earnest and the rangers strike back — with unfortunate results.
A Man-Eater Named Osama: Tanzania’s Desperate Quest to End the Worst Human-Lion Conflict of the 21st Century (Work in Progress)
Here’s Chapter Two of this work in progress. (Chapter One is here if you missed it earlier.) All of this
Work in Progress: A Man-Eater Named Osama: Tanzania’s Desperate Quest to End the Worst Lion-Human Conflict of the 21st Century
A divergence from maritime books, here’s a piece on my other interest: Africa conservation and human-animal conflict. This grew from
The Jones Act is Dead! Long Live the Jones Act
So our latest dispatches determine with conviction that half of America’s Jones Act cargo fleet is every bit as creaky
Congrats Fred Calicchio!
They called them the “Sailing Calicchio Brothers” because Dom, Fred, and Michael all were sea captains. Dom is famous among
Project Lighthouse: New Study of US Jones Act Ships Finds Some with “High-Risk Probability for Severe Accidents and Casualties” that “Require Immediate Action to Control the Potential Hazard…”
A new maritime risk ratings study by this column of “Jones Act” ships designated as “militarily useful” shows that half the ships are far riskier than similar vessels in the world fleet – and two are rated as so risky that the agency advises such ships generally “require immediate action to control the potential hazard.”
An Unapologetic Plug for a New Non-Profit Maritime News Organization and Ian Urbina
Please join me in supporting Ian Urbina’s new non-profit op for covering maritime affairs, the law of the ocean and