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 […]
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 […]
23/10/2025
Picture this: You’re at your favorite marina, watching a friend tie up their 35-foot sailboat. The wind picks up, the boat swings sideways—and CRUNCH. The bow corner […]
21/10/2025
Ever walked into a marina and stared at those thick, rubbery blocks bolted to the docks—kinda like giant, squishy bricks? You probably thought, “Oh, those are just […]