Yearly Archives: 2025 | Old Salt Blog
During a meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London, the Trump administration issued a torrent of threats of tariffs and other sanctions to block a landmark deal to cut global shipping emissions. The IMO plan was intended to … Continue reading →| Old Salt Blog
Yearly Archives: 2024 | Old Salt Blog
More than 100 Filipino crew members have been forcibly detained and deported by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The crew members held valid visas, which were revoked by the CBP without due process. Foreign crew members hold visas … Continue reading →| Old Salt Blog
We recently posted about the attack and sinking of a Venezuelan vessel in international waters by the US military. Eleven people aboard were reported to have been killed. The Trump regime claimed, without providing any evidence, that the boat was … Continue reading → The post Draft Bill Would Give Trump License to Kill Anyone He Claims is a Narco-Terrorist appeared first on Old Salt Blog.|
After accumulating more than $16,000 in gambling debt, Jey Gonzalez-Diaz, a passenger on the Rhapsody of the Seas, jumped overboard after the ship docked in Puerto Rico last weekend, authorities said. The passenger leaped from the Royal Caribbean cruise ship … Continue reading → The post Passenger Jumps Overboard from Rhapsody of the Seas to Avoid $16,000 Gambling Debt appeared first on Old Salt Blog.|
An updated repost. There is a line from a Paul Simon song, “These are the days of miracle and wonder.” One might not think to apply that lyric to the events of 9/11, 24 years ago today. Yet for at … Continue reading → The post On the 24th Anniversary of 9/11, Remembering the Great New York Boatlift appeared first on Old Salt Blog.|
On Tuesday, President Trump said that the United States had carried out a strike against a Venezuelan boat carrying drugs and killed 11 “terrorists.” He said the strike “occurred while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, … Continue reading →| Old Salt Blog
Jamie, Ewan, and Lachlan Maclean have set a new record for rowing non-stop and unsupported across the Pacific Ocean. The three brothers from Edinburgh set off in April 2025 on their 9,000-mile journey, from Lima, Peru, to Cairns, Australia, completing … Continue reading → The post Maclean Brothers Set Record for Non-Stop and Unsupported Row Across the Pacific Ocean appeared first on Old Salt Blog.|
A Department of Justice statement announced that on Aug. 20, a federal jury convicted Jinchao Wei, also known as Patrick Wei, of espionage and export violations. Wei was an active-duty US Navy sailor stationed at Naval Base San Diego when … Continue reading → The post US Navy Sailor Convicted of Spying for China appeared first on Old Salt Blog.|
REGENT Craft of Rhode Island is now testing a prototype of their Viceroy Seaglider, an electric wing-in-ground-effect flying coastal ferry. REGENT is an acronym for Regional Electric Ground Effect Nautical Transport. The 12-passenger Viceroy Seaglider is 55 feet long with … Continue reading → The post REGENT Tests Viceroy Seaglider Electric Ferry That Floats, Foils & Flies appeared first on Old Salt Blog.|
On Saturday, August 23, a black moon will rise in the night sky. Of course, you won’t be able to see it, but weather permitting, the stargazing should be phenomenal all the same. A black moon is defined as the … Continue reading → The post Black Moon on the Rise appeared first on Old Salt Blog.|
On Monday, October 9, 2023, the schooner Grace Bailey was returning to Rockland, ME, from a four-day Fall Foliage cruise, when an upper section of the main mast broke and fell to the deck, killing one passenger and injuring five … Continue reading →| Old Salt Blog
The mystifying attacks on sailboats by a pod of Iberian orcas continue. The crew of the British yacht Bonhomme William had to be rescued after an orca sank their vessel in the Strait of Gibraltar, according to Spanish authorities. It … Continue reading →| Old Salt Blog
