#maritime rights.

[firstoccupier]

Philippines Takes Stand Against Chinese Intrusions in West Philippine Sea

WPS.News Report: Tensions Rise in the West Philippine Sea Amid Chinese Intrusions Dateline: February 1, 2025 As the geopolitical landscape in the West Philippine Sea continues to evolve, significant developments have emerged regarding Chinese incursions into Filipino territorial waters. Reports indicate that on February 1, 2025, the Philippine government has taken a firm stance against the…

[graveyardrabbit]

HMS Surprise

Maritime Museum of San Diego

[hmstartnell]

I’ve just been screaming with happiness and I need to show you guys these!!!

My Franklin Expedition / maritime history bookshelf is growing! 💙⚓️

[puppppppppy]

sorry if your no longer interested in lego monkie kid, but any thoughts on the new season?

theres a new season

[theiceandbones]

New Brunswick is such a crazy province and you know why? Because it’s owned by three companies in a trenchcoat

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

came across a show called cruise ship killers which is just Peak Daytime TV Crime Documentary, and somehow i think im marathoning it and notes so far:

cruise ships continue to be the ugliest boats ever

people have to come up with real unique excuses when they killed someone on a cruise ship which led to a guy changing his story from "my wife was blown overboard" to "the ukranian government is framing me for murder".

he was found guilty. the jury did not believe all of ukraine was guilty as he claimed (this case was in the 90s btw)

several times its noted that other passengers are annoyed that their holiday has been so rudely interrupted by a murder and can everyone just hurry up please so they can continue?

on some cruises, you can go to the staff and be like "hi, my room was broken into and all they stole was my underwear, please can i move cabins?" and theyll be like "sorry, were all booked up but you can disembark at the next port we stop at on your own cost :)". this is not a surprise

theres one case where theyre like "based on the victims diary, it has to be this guy" which is a fascinating approach to solving crime that does not lead to a conviction thankfully.

the show notes "an all male jury found him not guilty" in the diary episode as if its like a bomb theyve dropped, but when your entire case is based on the victims diary, its kinda hard prove murder beyond all reasonable doubt?

as ugly as cruise ships are, they do get some real pretty shots of the ocean and coasts

they really love to just repeat the same information over and over and over again. we get it, the guy was seasick.

remember the guy who stole someones underwear? yeah, he did that and then a few hours later, the victim was dead and it wasnt him. his wife was his alibi though so im sure that was fun for him.

there was another guy who didnt kill the victim but was being creepy and after establishing it wasnt him, the captain ordered him not to talk to any other women and to stay in his cabin for the rest of the trip.

also, they found him because someone came forward and was like "i dont know his name, but hes so suntanned, hes basically a tomato, youll recognise him" and they did

i think they say a variation of "little do they know, theyll be the last person to see X alive" every episode

its always nice to know that if you do go missing/overboard on a cruise ship, theres a decent chance your death will be ruled a suicide for convenience's sake <3

[mosspodge]

did you now? the shanty "Dead Horse" implies all horses go to Hell!

[georgefairbrother]

This week in 1966, (May 22nd), the Labour government of Harold Wilson declared a State of Emergency, one week into a strike by UK merchant mariners. This would provide the legal power to, amongst other things, cap food prices, and allow the Royal Navy to take control of shipping in British harbours. The Prime Minister told the House of Commons that such powers would not be used unless absolutely necessary, stating, "The government must protect the vital interests of the nation. This is not action against the National Union of Seamen."

International shipping had all but ground to a halt. Around 40 million pounds worth of exports were tied up, and both freight and passenger services were paralysed. As soon as the Queen Mary arrived in Southampton from New York carrying 850 passengers, 900 crew members immediately stopped work. (It's interesting to note the passenger-crew ratio, which speaks volumes about the state of transatlantic shipping at that time).

One of the union's demands was a reduction in working hours from 56 to 40 hours per week. Minister of Labour Ray Gunter conceded that pay and general working conditions for seamen needed to be modernised, but argued that the overtime claims that would inevitably result from the change in conditions the union was demanding, would derail the government’s attempts at wage restraint and their fight against inflation.

A week later, on May 28th, the Prime Minister upped the rhetoric, alleging that Communists were using the strike to gain influence over the National Union of Seamen. He said they were "endangering the security of the industry and the economic welfare of the nation". Not all of the governing Labour Party approved of Harold Wilson's new hard-line approach, but the strike then quickly ended, following a compromise between the union and shipowners, and the government’s commitment to set up an inquiry into employment conditions for merchant mariners.

(Main Source; BBC News)

[hmstartnell]

Final stop on my polar expedition weekend 💙

[ratuszarsenal]

I love this an inordinate amount. look at their hats. at how their crude faces disappear in the glow of the candle. the space is so oppressive, hunching in on them, but there is warmth at the centre (x)

[borealflorist]

It's a shame that I never got to see Ville live (bc no one ever visits Atlantic Canada unless they're on like a retirement tour or some shit, and I can't afford to go to Montreal), but I have no doubt that he'll be back. He's not the type of person to sit still for very long.

[waugh-bao]

Taiwan: Day 8

[homophyte]

msi opened for cyprus hill and rammstein in the same year . have you guys thought about that

[mycological-mariner]

A foghorn from a yacht, 1871. Found in Penzance. The owner bought it from a friend who was the one to say it belonged on a yacht at some point. The crank in the side is how you get it to make its noise. Can’t really sus out more than that about it than that, but I did find it absolutely beautiful and very cool! I’ve never seen a foghorn like this!

[firstoccupier]

Philippines Defends Sovereignty Amid South China Sea Crisis

WPS.News Report: Tensions Escalate in the West Philippine Sea Dateline: Baybay City | February 4, 2025 In a series of escalating events from 2301 Philippine Time on February 2 to 2300 on February 3, 2025, tensions in the West Philippine Sea, particularly around Scarborough Shoal and Second Thomas Shoal, have intensified as the Philippine government continues to confront Chinese incursions into…