In addition to the investigation underway by the Barbados Maritime Ship Registry on behalf of the government of Barbados, where the Concordia was registered, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has decided to conduct its own independent investigation into the … Continue reading
Rick Spilman
11th Annual Ghost Ships Festival 2010 The Ghost Ships Festival is Wisconsin’s largest trade show devoted to Scuba Diving and Great Lakes Maritime History. Exhibits, workshops, and presentations cover just about every aspect of Great Lakes maritime history and scuba diving. … Continue reading
Huge wave kills 2 on cruise ship in Mediterranean A 26-foot wave smashed into a cruise ship carrying nearly 2,000 people in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, smashing glass windshields and killing two passengers, according to officials and news reports. … Continue reading
Yesterday we posted that the Independence Seaport Museum doesn’t have the money to support the upkeep of the USS Olympia nor does it have the money to dredge the channel to tow her away. On the other side of the … Continue reading
Sunken Canadian ship spewing oil off Alaskan coast: U.S. Coast Guard A storied Canadian steamship that offered luxury cruises for decades along the British Columbia coast, then served a crucial role during the Second World War transporting troops, supplies and … Continue reading
Recently we posted that the Independence Seaport Museum is seeking a new owner for the USS Olympia which it cannot afford to support. See Philly Museum Sends SOS to Care for Historic Ship. Sadly it appears that not only … Continue reading
Stad Amsterdam arriving in Melbourne Back in September we posted about a group of historians and naturalists, as well as a film crew for Dutch VPRO Television sailing on the Stad Amsterdam. The ship is retracing the voyage of HMS … Continue reading
In the ongoing somewhat surreal operation against piracy off Somalia, the HDMS Absalon, a Danish destroyer, sank a pirate “mother ship” but allowed the pirates to return to shore. The official goal appears to be to “disrupt” rather than stop pirate activities. … Continue reading
Is a ship the “greenest”, most efficient means of transportation or is the dirtiest? It is easy to be confused about hoe clean or dirty ocean transportation may be from reading the newspapers. Transportation by water has always been the … Continue reading
Here is an update on the circumnavigation attempts under way by Jessica Watson, Abby Sunderland and Commander Dilip Donde. The last name may not be as familiar as those of the blonde teenagers. The 42 year old Indian Navy Commander … Continue reading
The Port Norris Rotary presents the 13th annual “Run for the Schooner” a 5K run, walkathon & 1 mile fun run/walk on Saturday, April 10, 2010, to benefit the A.J. Meerwald, the official Tall Ship of the State of New … Continue reading
We have recently posted about the roller coaster ride that has been container ship design over the last few decades. See Containerships – from Slow to Fast to Slow to Fast to Slow Again. The smartest minds in the shipping … Continue reading
After having their toy racing boat, Ady Gil sunk in a collision with a whaling ship; after experiencing engine problems as well as having the registration of their converted whaler, the B0b Barker, pulled by the Togolese; after having the captain … Continue reading
Terrible news from Phildelphia. Philadelphia maritime museum says it can’t afford to care for historic USS Olympia A Philadelphia maritime museum says it can no longer afford to care for a historic ship that served in the Spanish-American War. … Continue reading
The windjammers liked the higher latitudes where the winds are stronger. This solar craft will try to still as close to the equator as possible to maximize the sunshine. The catamaran reminds me of something out of Star Trek, perhaps a Romulan transport ship. Sailing Around The World … Continue reading
After rosy announcements about the restoration of the Cutty Sark an article in the Telegraph has a very different view of the ongoing project. Cutty Sark restoration turning into a fiasco The restoration of the Cutty Sark is turning into … Continue reading
Heinz Stahlschmidt, a renegade former member of Germany’s World War Two navy, who thwarted plans to wreck the French port of Bordeaux by retreating Nazi forces, has died at the age of 91, officials said. Thanks to Andy Hall at … Continue reading
SeaWorld tragedy — a reminder of why orcas should swim free? For wildlife conservationists, the tragic death of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau is a sobering reminder of why creatures as large and majestic as killer whales simply should not live in … Continue reading
Orcas, commonly known as killer whales, have never been known to kill a human in the wild. The same is not true of orcas in captivity. Today Tilikum, a 12,300 pound bull orca, the largest whale in captivity, attacked and drowned a female … Continue reading
Last March we posted Plastiki – Boat made of plastic bottles to make ocean voyage about a project in which David de Rothschild intended to build and sail a catamaran made of around 12,000 recycled soda bottles across the Pacific. Almost … Continue reading