Maritime, Travel and Conservation
The Wreck of the Marine Electric, in February 1983, triggered a series of US Coast Guard reforms that changed maritime safety forever.
So our latest dispatches determine with conviction that half of America’s Jones Act cargo fleet is every bit as creaky
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.”
When I first began covering maritime safety, I was assured that old ships could be safe ships. Which technically is
