The news is streaming across all parts of the media now, so I figured I’d close the loop here at the Maritime as well.  CNN has reported that Capt. Phillips is free, and on board a U.S. Navy warship.  Apparently he jumped into the water, while a Navy Seal team shot and killed 3 of [...]

This came my way from Wired Magazine, in an article about the Somali pirates homemade hijacking videos. It is an interesting glimpse into life on board a hijacked ship sitting just off the coast of Somalia. A lot of waiting, quiet, and still. There is an odd sense of a kid in a candy store [...]

Twenty years have now passed since the Russian nuclear sub K-278 Komsomolets caught fire and sunk in the Barents Sea off Norway on April 7th 1989.  The sub, including its nuclear reactor and nuclear warheads, are still resting on the bottom of the Barents in 5200 ft of water, slowly being buried under silt. The [...]

A good friend of mine sent this my way.  I should note that the filmmaker states the film is real, with obvious editing and special techniques applied.  As I understand it, the person who fell into the water was involved in training.  A great piece of work though.  This was recorded in Australia in case [...]

This footage shows a 12000 ton ship steaming into a Storm force 10 in the Bay of Biscay with high seas and very long, deep swell.