This year, the Working Harbor Committee’s annual spring program is “Getting It Up!
The Fascinating World of Marine Salvage” on Tuesday, May 6th at the Community Church of New York, 40 E. 35th Street, New York, NY 10016. If you are anywhere near New York harbor, be sure to stop by. The Working Harbor Committee’s spring programs are always great. The tickets are $25 and are available on-line here or by phone at 212 757 1600. From the Working Harbor Committee press release:
Unfortunately, some ships come to grief. Witness the tragic sinking of the South Korean ferry Sewol on April 16, or the doomed cruise ship Costa Concordia that ended up on the rocks off Giglio, Italy in 2012.
Would the world’s first purpose-built oceangoing roll-on/roll-off ship make a good museum? The 
We have noted before the paradox of ocean shipping — it is simultaneously the most energy efficient means of transportation with the lowest carbon footprint while at the same time, it is a major polluter. (See our post from back in 2010 — 
For roughly fifty years, scientists have listened to an unidentified sound in the Southern Ocean, which has been described as a sort of mechanical quacking noise. It has been come to be known as the 
The death toll in the sinking of the 
Last week, 
Happy Earth Day! Then again, I have always thought that we lived on a misnamed planet. The word “earth” is a synonym for dirt while 71% of the planet is covered by water. Perhaps we should be saying Happy Ocean Day!
Are passenger ro-ro ferries inherently unsafe?
Recently the folks at 
Whale sightings in and around New York harbor are getting less and less unusual. Unfortunately, the most recent sighting was of a dead 