As the El Faro Wreck Nears Ten Years Past, A New Masterpiece Emerges in Maeve McGoran’s “Shipwreck: How a Captain, Company and Culture Sank The SS El Faro”

Think you know a lot about the SS El Faro? I sure do. I read three great books about the

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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 Last Sister: The SS Matsonia Struggles On

(Note: The original article has been modified to include a veteran mariner’s point of view on the varying degrees of

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Why Did the Dive Ship “Conception” Burn So Fast? The Express Shuttle II and the Science of “The Mother of All Bombs” May Provide Clues

How could the dive ship Conception, lost off the California coast last week, burn so hot and so quickly that

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Dive Boat Conception Coast Guard Inspections Found Only Minor Issues

A review of Coast Guard inspection records for the stricken dive boat Conception appears to show Coast Guard inspectors found

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“The Outlaw Ocean” — Establishes Ian Urbina as One of the Great Maritime Authors

The preface to “The Outlaw Ocean” contains more adventure and insights than many whole books on the maritime world.  Ian

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Coast Guard Cracks Down on Inspection in Sustained Follow-up to El Faro Tragedy

In a sign that the loss of the SS El Faro is significantly toughening US Coast Guard inspections, the Commandant

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“The Captains of Thor — What Really Caused the Loss of the SS El Faro”

The Captains of Thor:What Really Caused the Loss of the SS El Faro A Book Written in Serialized Form. Free

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The New Book on the Sinking of the SS El Faro Will Make Some Waves

Posted: March 7, 2018 in Contemporary Commentary 0 “Into the Raging Sea” by Rachel Slade is a page turner that

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