25/11/2025
Last winter, Captain Jake—harbor master at Gulf Coast Maritime Terminal—got a 3 AM call: a 100,000-ton container ship had collided with a dock during a 60mph gust. […]
20/11/2025
Last year, Tina—manager of Harbor Lights Marina on Puget Sound—stood ankle-deep in seawater, staring at a shattered rubber fender and a cracked dock piling. A 45-foot […]
18/11/2025
Last winter, Captain Maria of the Sea Breezefishing trawler stared in horror as her hull scraped against a marina dock—her 10kcatchspoiled,repairscosting8k. The culprit? A worn-out rubber fender that […]
13/11/2025
Last summer, I sat with Sarah—owner of Harbor View Marina on Lake Erie—watching her crew patch yet another cracked rubber fender. “Third one this month,” she […]
11/11/2025
Last spring, Captain Luo from Dalian Shipyard 3rd Yard stood on the slipway, watching his team prep a 120m cargo ship for launch. They’d used the […]
06/11/2025
Last month, I called Captain Jake—he runs a 5-tug fleet in Houston, hauling oil barges up the Mississippi. “Man, I’m done,” he said, voice tired. “Last week, […]
04/11/2025
Last spring, I met Mike—owner of Pine Tree Marina, a family-run spot on Lake Michigan. “I’m sick of fixing docks,” he sighed, pointing to a cracked […]
30/10/2025
Last winter, I got a call from my buddy Dave—owner of the Port of Newport, a busy marina on Rhode Island’s coast. “My docks are destroyed,” he […]
28/10/2025
Ever watched a boat slam into a dock and felt your stomach drop? Yeah, me too. Last summer, my neighbor’s 28-foot bay boat took a chunk […]