Eyes Off the Water: The NTSB Report on the Fatal M/V Miss Peggy Collision
Two years after a towboat capsized in our own Houston [...]
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08, 2026
“The Golden Tide”: A Record Sargassum Bloom, the Fleets Sent to Fight It, and the Law That Rides With Its Crews
A record mass of sargassum seaweed is smothering Caribbean and [...]
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08, 2026
U.S. Gulf Lease Sales: The “Blocks” on the Auction Block
Sixteen companies bid $82.7 million for the right to drill [...]
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08, 2026
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 [...]
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08, 2026
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 [...]
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07, 2026
The Rarest Bird on the Water: National Eagle Scout Day and the Mariners It Made
August 1 is National Eagle Scout Day — a salute [...]
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07, 2026
The Gate of Tears and the Gate of Tolls
Two Chokepoints, One Crew, and the Law That Follows Them [...]
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07, 2026
The Waiver That Will Not Weigh Anchor: The White House Weighs a Third U.S. Jones Act Extension
A century-old law reserving trade between American ports for American [...]
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07, 2026
Aqueous Firm-Forming Foam: Fire, “Forever Chemicals”, and the Crews Caught in the Middle
An International Maritime Organization rule took effect this January, and [...]
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07, 2026
If You Build These Ships, We Will Crew Them: Texas A&M Maritime Academy Training Ship TS LONE STAR STATE Christened
Champagne on a bow is one of the few workplace [...]