An Ancient Promise at Sea: How Maintenance and Cure Crossed a Thousand Years and Every Ocean
From the medieval Rolls of Oléron to the courts of [...]
Lines Drawn in the Water: Who Owns the Sea, and Who May Charge You to Cross It
Repeatedly, Iran and Oman are close to a “deal” that [...]
Strangers and Saviors at Sea: Fire Aboard M/V Min Jiang Kou and the Those Who Came to Help
630 miles from the nearest shore, an engine-room fire drove [...]
Fair Winds and Farewell: Celebrating the Retirement of Colonel Walter M. Herd
On July 24, 2026, at the General George Patton Museum [...]
The Long Watch After the Storm: Chronic Strain and the Seafarers Happiness Index
The guns have gone quiet in the Persian Gulf (for [...]
Rescuers with the Fewest Remedies: Cumulative Brain Injury and a Warning for Every Mariner
A new investigation finds that the elite crews who operate [...]
The Right to Pass? What Manila’s Warning Means for the Hormuz Strait, the Red Sea, and the Crews Who Actually Sail
Southeast Asia's foreign ministers spent a week in Manila discussing [...]
No One at the Bow: A Tug Captain’s Guilty Plea and the Oldest Duty on the Water
A Miami tug captain has admitted that a blocked view, [...]
Laying the Keel: A $150 Billion Bet on American Shipbuilding — and the Crews the Law Was Built to Protect
South Korea and the United States have opened a new [...]
The Rarest Bird on the Water: National Eagle Scout Day and the Mariners It Made
August 1 is National Eagle Scout Day — a salute [...]