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 https://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/news/matter-petition-grace-ocean-private-limited-et-al-exoneration-or-limitation-liability-2024-04
+== Loose Wire on Containership Dali Leads to Blackouts and Contact with Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge ==
+/18/2025
+Blackouts led to loss of steering and propulsion on 984-foot-long vessel
+WASHINGTON (Nov. 18, 2025) -- The NTSB said Tuesday that a single loose wire on the 984-foot-long containership Dali caused an electrical blackout that led to the giant vessel veering and contacting the nearby Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which then collapsed, killing six highway workers.
+At Tuesday’s public meeting at NTSB headquarters, investigators said the loose wire in the ship’s electrical system caused a breaker to unexpectedly open -- beginning a sequence of events that led to two vessel blackouts and a loss of both propulsion and steering near the 2.37-mile-long Key Bridge on March 26, 2024. Investigators found that wire-label banding prevented the wire from being fully inserted into a terminal block spring-clamp gate, causing an inadequate connection.
+After the initial blackout, the Dali’s heading began swinging to starboard toward Pier 17 of the Key Bridge. Investigators found that the pilots and the bridge team attempted to change the vessel’s trajectory, but the loss of propulsion so close to the bridge rendered their actions ineffective. A substantial portion of the bridge subsequently collapsed into the river, and portions of the pier, deck and truss spans collapsed onto the vessel’s bow and forwardmost container bays.
+A seven-person road maintenance crew and one inspector were on the bridge when the vessel struck. Six of the highway workers died. The NTSB found that the quick actions of the Dali pilots, shoreside dispatchers and the Maryland Transportation Authority to stop bridge traffic prevented greater loss of life.
+https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/NR20251118.aspx
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 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ironton-shipwreck-lake-huron-180981741/
+===== Edmund Fitzgerald =====
+== These men dove to the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck decades ago. They share their stories ==
+Jamie L. LaReau - November 2, 2025 / Updated November 6, 2025 7:38 PM ET
+Terrence Tysall was carrying everything he needed to stay alive on his back one September day in 1995 as he jumped into Lake Superior and started his death-defying descent, traveling more than 500 feet through dark, 34-degree water to the bottom.
+When Tysall and his diving partner, Mike Zlatopolsky, made it to the clay floor of Lake Superior, their high-powered, cave-diving lights illuminated the port side — the left side of the ship facing the front — of the wreckage that was once the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
+The Edmund Fitzgerald — a 729-foot-long freighter, once the largest on the Great Lakes — sank about 17 miles northwest of Whitefish Point, Michigan during a violent storm on Nov. 10, 1975. All 29 crew members on board died. Their bodies were never recovered.
+Once he reached the wreckage, Tysall swam around the ship and suddenly did something that, to this day, he told the Free Press he is not sure why he did it.
+"I just reached out with both of my gloved hands and I gripped the rim," he said. "I’m a touching-learning kind of guy, so with me grabbing that rail, it made it so real to me that, 'Oh my gosh, I’m the first living hand to touch this rail since she sank.' It was a very special moment. That’s when it stopped being a logistical endeavor. This is a grave, and this is a privilege to be here.”
+Privilege, indeed, for Tysall and Zlatopolsky, because they are the only two people to ever scuba dive to the wreck. Before them, only a handful of people had gone down to the Edmund Fitzgerald, and they did it in submersibles — underwater vehicles, manned or unmanned, that require a support ship as opposed to self-sufficient submarines.
+https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/11/02/edmund-fitzgerald-wreck-diving/86752517007/
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 https://gizmodo.com/possible-spanish-shipwreck-from-the-1700s-spotted-on-north-carolina-shore-2000643450
+===== Lawrence N. McKenzie =====
+== 143-Year-Old Shipwreck Emerges on a New Jersey Beach ==
+The unfortunate ship, along with its cargo of oranges, sank in 1890 while en route to New York City.
+Margherita Bassi - January 29, 2026
+Coastal erosion along a beach is not an unusual occurrence, especially over the winter. Wind and waves pummel the coastline, and—in the case of a beach in New Jersey—a historic treasure emerged from the sands.
+Namely, a part of a 143-year-old wooden sea vessel. Last week, Island Beach State Park posted photographs on social media that appear to feature timber remains studded with thick nails between the water and erosion line farther up the beach.
+“A nearly 136-year-old shipwreck has been uncovered at Island Beach State Park following weeks of beach erosion caused by rough surf and persistent wind and wave action,” the park wrote in the same Facebook post, identifying it as the wreck of the Lawrence N. McKenzie, a 98-foot (29-meter) schooner constructed in 1883. A schooner is a type of sailing ship with at least two masts.
+https://gizmodo.com/143-year-old-shipwreck-emerges-on-a-new-jersey-beach-2000715512
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 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/divers-recover-ancient-shipwreck-that-sank-2600-years-ago-off-the-coast-of-spain-180985778/
+===== Svaelget 2 =====
+== Archaeologists Uncover Gigantic Medieval Ship With Features Seen Only on Paper ==
+The shipwreck is exceptionally preserved and provides the first archaeological confirmation of features seen in illustrations.
+Margherita Bassi - January 14, 2026
+Maritime archaeologists in Denmark have discovered a gargantuan medieval ship off the coast of Copenhagen.
+The vessel, named Svaelget 2, is the world’s largest known cog—a merchant ship in the Middle Ages (another term for the medieval era) that revolutionized trade. Its extraordinary preservation is shedding light not just on the ship and its trade context, but on the lives of those that sailed aboard it.
+Svaelget 2 is around 92 feet (28 meters) long, 19.7 feet (6 meters) high, and 29.5 feet (9 meters) wide. It was probably capable of hauling 300 tons of cargo, according to the team’s estimates. The existence of this ship hints at a fixed, consistent system of trade throughout Northern Europe.
+“A ship with such a large cargo capacity is part of a structured system where merchants knew there was a market for the goods they carried. Svælget 2 is a tangible example of how trade developed during the Middle Ages,” Otto Uldum, excavation leader and maritime archaeologist at the Viking Ship Museum in Denmark, said in a museum statement. What’s more, “It required a society that could finance, build and equip these enormous ships that served the Middle Ages’ need for export and import over great distances.”
+https://gizmodo.com/archaeologists-uncover-gigantic-medieval-ship-with-features-known-only-from-historical-records-2000710146
+== Archaeologists Say They’ve Unearthed a Massive Medieval Cargo Ship That’s the Largest Vessel of Its Kind Ever Found ==
+Spotted off the coast of Denmark, the “Svaelget 2” is a cog, a kind of large trading vessel used in the Middle Ages. Experts say the 600-year-old discovery is “exceptionally well-preserved”
+Sonja Anderson
+Sonja Anderson - January 12, 2026
+Forty feet below the waves of Oresund, the strait between Denmark and Sweden, researchers have discovered the wreckage of a 600-year-old ship. Extravagantly outfitted and remarkably preserved, it’s a medieval cargo vessel also known as a cog. Experts say it’s the largest ship of its kind ever found.
+Maritime archaeologists from Denmark’s Viking Ship Museum came across the shipwreck while surveying the seabed. According to a statement from the museum, the silt-covered vessel—called Svaelget 2—measures about 92 feet long, 30 feet wide and 20 feet tall. Experts estimate its cargo capacity was 300 tons.
+“The find is a milestone for maritime archaeology,” says archaeologist Otto Uldum, the leader of the excavation, in the statement. “It is the largest cog we know of, and it gives us a unique opportunity to understand both the construction and life on board the biggest trading ships of the Middle Ages.”
+https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-say-theyve-unearthed-a-massive-medieval-cargo-ship-thats-the-largest-vessel-of-its-kind-ever-found-180987984/
+== Archaeologists find a supersized medieval shipwreck in Denmark ==
+The sunken ship reveals that the medieval European economy was growing fast.
+Kiona N. Smith – Jan 16, 2026 2:07 PM
+Archaeologists recently found the wreck of an enormous medieval cargo ship lying on the seafloor off the Danish coast, and it reveals new details of medieval trade and life at sea.
+Archaeologists discovered the shipwreck while surveying the seabed in preparation for a construction project for the city of Copenhagen, Denmark. It lay on its side, half-buried in the sand, 12 meters below the choppy surface of the Øresund, the straight that runs between Denmark and Sweden. By comparing the tree rings in the wreck’s wooden planks and timbers with rings from other, precisely dated tree samples, the archaeologists concluded that the ship had been built around 1410 CE.
+photo of a scuba diver swimming over wooden planks underwater
+https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/archaeologists-find-a-supersized-medieval-shipwreck-in-denmark/
+== Medieval ship discovered off Copenhagen may be the world’s largest cog ==
+(Viewed 22 January 2026)
+Maritime archaeologists from the Viking Ship Museum in Denmark have announced the discovery of what they describe as the world’s largest cog—a medieval cargo vessel built around 1410 and found in the waters (Øresund) between Denmark and Sweden.
+From the first dive, archaeologists realised the outline beneath the sand was not an ordinary shipwreck. As centuries of silt were cleared away, the scale of the vessel became apparent: approximately 28 metres long, 9 metres wide, and 6 metres high, with an estimated cargo capacity of around 300 tons. That size, researchers say, reflects just how large late medieval trading ships could become—and offers a rare chance to examine construction details that are usually lost when only the lower hull survives.
+“The find is a milestone for maritime archaeology. It is the largest cog we know of, and it gives us a unique opportunity to understand both the construction and life on board the biggest trading ships of the Middle Ages,” says Otto Uldum, maritime archaeologist and excavation leader.
+The wreck, named Svælget 2 after the channel where it was discovered, was located during seabed investigations connected to Copenhagen’s Lynetteholm development project.
+Maritime archaeologists from the Viking Ship Museum in Denmark have announced the discovery of what they describe as the world’s largest cog—a medieval cargo vessel built around 1410 and found in the waters (Øresund) between Denmark and Sweden.
+From the first dive, archaeologists realised the outline beneath the sand was not an ordinary shipwreck. As centuries of silt were cleared away, the scale of the vessel became apparent: approximately 28 metres long, 9 metres wide, and 6 metres high, with an estimated cargo capacity of around 300 tons. That size, researchers say, reflects just how large late medieval trading ships could become—and offers a rare chance to examine construction details that are usually lost when only the lower hull survives.
+“The find is a milestone for maritime archaeology. It is the largest cog we know of, and it gives us a unique opportunity to understand both the construction and life on board the biggest trading ships of the Middle Ages,” says Otto Uldum, maritime archaeologist and excavation leader.
+The wreck, named Svælget 2 after the channel where it was discovered, was located during seabed investigations connected to Copenhagen’s Lynetteholm development project.
+A 15th-century ship built for bulk trade
+Photo courtesy Viking Ship Museum
+Cogs were among the most important workhorses of late medieval shipping, and Svælget 2 appears to represent the type pushed to an extreme. Otto Uldum argues that a ship of this scale points to a trade system that was already highly organised.
+“A ship with such a large cargo capacity is part of a structured system where merchants knew there was a market for the goods they carried,” he notes. “Svælget 2 is a tangible example of how trade developed during the Middle Ages.”
+Cogs could be sailed by a relatively small crew, even when heavily loaded, helping merchants move large volumes efficiently. Larger cogs were built to tackle risky routes, including the hazardous voyage around Skagen, travelling from what is now the Netherlands through the Sound and on to Baltic trading towns. Svælget 2, archaeologists suggest, fits squarely into the extensive networks that connected Northern Europe in the 15th century.
+“It is clear evidence that everyday goods were traded. Shipbuilders went as big as possible to transport bulky cargo – salt, timber, bricks or basic food items,” Uldum adds.
+https://www.medievalists.net/2025/12/medieval-ship-discovered-copenhagen/
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+====== Tracking ======
+== Atlas ==
+https://atlas.flexport.com/
+== Free AIS Ship Tracking of Marine Traffic - VesselFinder ==
+https://www.vesselfinder.com/