Maritime, Travel and Conservation
The SS El Faro and her crew of 33 disappeared in Hurricane Joaquin seven years ago today and the matter
gcaptain.com/top-10-reasons-why-the-us-merchant-marine-is-failing/ Captain Conrad and gCap nail it
(Circa 1981. The Inquirer had given me a lot of leash to follow the story of the SS Poet and
Modern Day “Impressment” in the Bouchard IncidentBouchard Barges and the Concept of Modern Press GangesIs the situation with those Bouchard
We covered some ground in February. Here is a recap of posts for the month. (Note: Last post here is
Paul Dewey was one of three survivors of the Marine Electric and helped change maritime safety history by testifying at
Boom First the company ran an old rusty barge to the point where vapors seeped out and it exploded killing
Comes now the Smithsonian Channel with its latest installment of famous ship wrecks, and to its credit, presents some first
The SS El Faro investigation seemed open and shut. The Captain steered his vessel directly into the path of Hurricane
For more than 15 years, the National Transportation Safety Board regularly has warned the US Coast Guard that it should urgently strengthen fire safety crew training and require preventive vessel maintenance programs to avoid small passenger ship fires such as the one that killed more than 30 people last week on the dive ship “Conception,” an in-depth look at NTSB records reveals.
