Ship Speed Limit May Help Rare Whales Survive Strikes

(The Washington Post)-- Last Monday, researchers aboard a Cessna aircraft spotted a right whale and her calf loitering in the Atlantic about six miles east of Hilton Head Island, S.C. They fired off a bulletin to the Coast Guard, the Navy, and ship captains up and down the coast: "WHALE ALERT 18NM NE "T" (SCGA003) 24NOV2008, 1440(L), 3209.3N, 08027.8W, 1 ADULT, 1 CALF, NW"...READ MORE

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Disney Cruise Ship Passageway Collapses

(cfnews13.xom)-- Severe weather in Port Canaveral caused the main gangway for guests and crew members to get to the Disney Wonder Cruise ship to collapse into the water.  Several guests were on board the ship when the passageway collapsed, but no injuries were reported.  READ MORE

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Viking Yacht Co. launches largest vessel in its history

(pressofatlanticcity.com)-- ATLANTIC CITY - On Friday morning, the Viking Yacht Co.'s first 82 Convertible steered into Dock E at the Senator Frank S. Farley State Marina, just arriving from an hourlong trip along the coast from New Gretna, where about 90 percent of it was built at the company's factory along the Bass River.  READ MORE

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Disabled sailor to attempt record

(BBC NEWS)--A yachtswoman is to make a second attempt to become the first quadriplegic woman to sail solo around Britain.  Hilary Lister, who is paralysed from the neck down, plans to embark on the journey next May using a "sip-and-puff" system of straws to control her yacht.  READ MORE

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Video - Boarding Crew from Cutter Sherman

(coastguardnews.com)--Aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Sherman, Bering Sea - A boarding team departs from the Sherman to conduct a safety equipment inspection on board a fishing vessel. WATCH THE VIDEO

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QE2 ship gets Airbus A380 escort on final port call at Dubai

(LOS ANGELES TIMES)--A jumbo Emirates Airlines A380 jet and scores of pleasure craft will greet Queen Elizabeth 2 today, Nov. 26, as the ocean liner sails into Dubai, its final port of call in a four-decade-long career. The QE2, arguably the world’s best-known passenger ship, will be refurbished as a floating hotel and museum moored off the wealthy Mideast emirate.  READ MORE

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Latitude 4.595N, longitude 48.085E: We find the hijacked Sirius Star

(The Guardian, UK)From a vantage point 423 miles above the Earth, the lawless waters of the Gulf of Aden appear tranquil and the 330-metre-long ship sitting low under a £68m cargo looks like a tiny green cigar floating on an inky ocean. READ MORE

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ICCAT can’t

(National Fisherman)---The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas showed its true color this week — greed — setting bluefin quotas nearly half again as high as those recommended by commission scientists. Also in contravention of common sense, fishing will be allowed to continue throughout most of the spawning season. READ MORE

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Baltimore Jury Awards $7.1M to Injured Tugboat Employee

(workboat.com)--A Baltimore jury awarded $7.1 million to a tugboat deckhand whose jaw was broken five years ago when the tension from a misplaced mooring rope loosed a steel stanchion from its base and catapulted it toward his face. READ MORE

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Coast Guard Releases Modernization Video

(coastguardnews.com)--Washington - The Coast Guard released a new video today to help explain why the Coast Guard must modernize, and the benefit of this critical effort.  WATCH THE VIDEO

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