The Dutch general cargo ship Alana Evita, on a voyage from Hamburg to Avonmouth, was recently anchored in the Bristol channel off Minehead, in Somerset, UK. Rather than go ashore in Minehead, three of her personnel; a Russian, a Filipino … Continue reading
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The Flying-P Liner Pommern will soon be open to the public again at a new dock with new exhibits in Mariehamn, on the Åland Islands of Finland. The 1903 built, steel, four-masted bark has been closed to the public since … Continue reading
Cortés ordering his fleet to be destroyed may be one of the iconic moments in history. In 1519, Hernán Cortés led an expedition of 11 ships from Cuba to Mexico. On arriving in Mexico, the crews found themselves vastly outnumbered … Continue reading
A video by Mike Headley of the Galveston’s tall ship Elissa on her yearly sail. She is a three-masted barque built in Aberdeen, Scotland and launched in 1877. She is now a museum ship at the Texas Seaport Museum. … Continue reading
The Great Barrier Reef, off Australia’s east coast, is 1,400 miles long, covers 133,000 square miles and can be seen from outer space. It may be dying before our eyes. “We thought the Barrier Reef was too big to fail,” … Continue reading
In early January, we posted about the containership ship MSC Zoe which lost 350 containers over the side in a storm off the Frisian Islands of the Netherlands. Now, a Dutch salvage team, looking for lost containers from the Zoe, … Continue reading
The National Museum of the Royal Navy at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard has a new exhibition — Jolly Roger: A Symbol of Terror and Pride. The website describes the exhibition as telling the story of the skull and crossbones flag, … Continue reading
Just after Midnight, on April 1, the river cruiser Viking Idun collided with a laden chemical tanker, Chemical Marketer, in the Netherlands’ Western Scheldt. The river cruise ship was sailing from the port of Antwerp to Ghent while the tanker … Continue reading
A repost that seems appropriate for the day. They probably shouldn’t have built the gym over the water. Whale Breaches Before a Basketball Game Happy April Fool’s Day. … Continue reading
One of the more paradoxical signs of spring along parts of Lake Michigan are the wild and wonderfully weird ice shards which pile up in fantastic geometric patterns along the shoreline. As the lake begins to thaw, water underneath the … Continue reading
Are you interested in acquiring a Foxtrot-class Soviet-era submarine? If so, the folks at Urban Commons, the operators of the hotel and tourist attraction Queen Mary in Long Beach may want to talk to you. They have a well-used submarine … Continue reading
For several months now, scientists have been monitoring growing cracks in Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf which have been spreading at an alarming rate. At almost any time, perhaps even in days, an iceberg over 560 square miles, or twice the … Continue reading
If you happen to have been on the Hudson or East River waterfront in Manhattan recently, there is a good chance that you might have seen a 60′ illuminated digital billboard on a barge passing by close to shore. The … Continue reading
Last weekend, the cruise ship Viking Sky, with over 1,300 passengers and crew aboard, lost all four of its engines in high winds and rough seas off the Norwegian coast and came precariously close to drifting onto a rocky reef. … Continue reading
When the Viking Sky lost power in a storm off the coast of Norway this weekend, the 5,000 DWT geared lumber carrier Hagland Captain responded to the distress call and diverted to assist the cruise ship. The lumber carrier, however, … Continue reading