Tag: Maritime Safety

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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

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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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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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Bob Cusick
marine electric / maritime / shipwrecks

Author/Family Query: Seeking Paul Dewey, Marine Electric Survivor

Paul Dewey was one of three survivors of the Marine Electric and helped change maritime safety history by testifying at

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el faro / marine electric / maritime / shipwrecks

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 —

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