Icebergs drifting North from Antarctica have been getting closer and closer to Australia and New Zealand, and have more recently began to constitute a fairly serious threat to shipping in that area. Navigation is made more dangerous as the large icebergs move North into warmer temperatures and begin to break up, scattering hundreds of smaller yet still dangerous icebergs.

The Maritime is proud to welcome aboard our first sponsor, the Doyle Raizner Maritime Injury Law Firm out of Houston.  Doyle Raizner is an international firm that specializes in assisting and protecting mariners and those working in the dangerous maritime environment at sea. They specialize in the complex areas of admiralty law, international injury [...]

One might not normally associate the main deck with confined spaces, but after reading the latest marine accident investigation report from the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) you may think otherwise

Residents who live along the shores of San Francisco Bay may soon see a ghostly sight as two WW-II era ships slowly slip past as they are towed to a shipyard in San Francisco. Two WW-II Victory Ships are preparing to move from the Suisun Bay National Defense Reserve Fleet to the San Francisco BAE shipyard to be prepared for scrapping.

The Professional Mariner published this from a Crowley Maritime Corporation press release:

(VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.) — The La Princessa (a triple-deck, 580-foot long barge) left San Juan on 11/6 at 12:12 AM pulled by the tug Sentry en route to Pennsauken, NJ for a regularly scheduled liner cargo service. The barge was loaded with 187 container/trailer [...]