Norway.com » Norwegian frigate to join EU NAVFOR Atalanta
Written by admin on February 27, 2009 – 9:54 am -As a major seafaring nation, Norway has an obvious role in the work of protecting international shipping. Approximately 1000 Norwegian controlled vessels sail through the area every year. A number of Norwegian vessels have been attacked by pirates, .. Go here to read the rest: Norway.com » Norwegian frigate to join EU NAVFOR Atalanta Read More →
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Norway.com » Norwegian frigate to join EU NAVFOR Atalanta
Written by admin on February 27, 2009 – 9:54 am -As a major seafaring nation, Norway has an obvious role in the work of protecting international shipping. Approximately 1000 Norwegian controlled vessels sail through the area every year Read more from the original source: Norway.com » Norwegian frigate to join EU NAVFOR Atalanta Read More →
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Last voyage for lumber schooner Wawona
Written by admin on February 25, 2009 – 10:22 am -“We have been mindful of documenting and archiving her most significant features in a way that teaches and inspires as well as helps us to understand naval architecture of the period.” “ Maritime archaeology is complex. … The 111-year-old Wawona was built in California specifically to haul lumber from Washington ports to California Read the original here: Last voyage for lumber schooner Wawona Read More →
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Lagos,_Portugal images,Lagos,_Portugal photos,Lagos,_Portugal …
Written by admin on February 25, 2009 – 5:43 am -From here he directed expeditions to Morocco and to the western coast of Africa with caravels, lateen-rigged ships with excellent seafaring capabilities. View original post here: Lagos,_Portugal images,Lagos,_Portugal photos,Lagos,_Portugal … Read More →
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Historia, history: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS , THE SPANISH COURT
Written by admin on February 23, 2009 – 3:59 pm -At the age of fourteen, he engaged in a seafaring life, which he followed with little intermission till 1470; when, probably little more than thirty years of age, [7] he landed in Portugal, the country to which adventurous spirits from …. from the latter of whom he experienced much kindness and hospitality; but neither of these nobles, whose large estates lying along the sea -shore had often invited them to maritime adventure, was disposed to assume one which seemed too … Read the original here: Historia, history: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS , THE SPANISH COURT Read More →
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In Two Days - Barcelona - Real Travel
Written by admin on February 20, 2009 – 12:10 pm -Then explore the narrow lanes of La Ribera, with its Picasso Museum and imposing Santa María del Mar church, and walk down to the old (but gentrified) maritime quarter and beachfront of La Barceloneta, with its modern adjoining Port … It was the focal point of a then-vibrant seafaring and trading quarter which eventually receded, as did the sea . Today it’s one of the best-preserved Gothic monuments in the city, and less crowded than some of the more renowned sights. View original post here: In Two Days - Barcelona - Real Travel Read More →
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Foreign Flag or Flag of Convenience?
Written by admin on February 19, 2009 – 5:36 am -Thus it came to be that there could be two main types of national ensign; one that is of a major seafaring nation and the other that is of not such a nation, and so entered the “flag of convenience” or as it was often also called, “foreign flag”. … Read more: Foreign Flag or Flag of Convenience? Read More →
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International Maritime Labor Regime: GOOD PAY, EARLY RETIREMENT
Written by admin on February 9, 2009 – 6:12 am -After 33 years of seafaring , a Cebuano chief engineer returned to an empty house. His wife had left him, his four children, whose schooling he financed while at sea , were married with lives of their own– two worked in the United States, .. See the original post: International Maritime Labor Regime: GOOD PAY, EARLY RETIREMENT Read More →
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Davy Jones and Peregrine Pickle : Old Salt Blog - a virtual port …
Written by admin on February 8, 2009 – 7:56 am -Voyages, the Age of Sail : Documents in American Maritime History, Volume I, 1492-1865 … I’m sure I never committed murder, except in the way of my profession, nor wronged any man whatsomever since I first went to sea .” This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is often seen in various shapes, perching among the rigging on the eve of hurricanes, shipwrecks, and other disasters, … Original post: Davy Jones and Peregrine Pickle : Old Salt Blog - a virtual port … Read More →
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Maritime Monday 147
Written by admin on February 2, 2009 – 8:20 am -A senior naval officer told Fairplay that East African pirates appeared previously to follow a code of conduct in which they do not harm or abuse crews. Excerpt from: Maritime Monday 147 Read More →
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