Quotes About Maritime

astern of them. They could see the big ships in their piers, and over on the right, the wide mouth of Willow River, with the bridge crossing it.

I was working on this bedroom, and from where I was, in the beating hot sun, I could see Madonna's castle on the next ridge over. It was hilarious - there I was, this Maritime carpenter, staring at Madonna's castle. So it's been a windy road.

previous centuries by the Phoenicians living on the Levantine seaboard.

in the Eastern Harbour of Alexandria. These include statues of Egyptian gods

they hardly ever ventured very far from the sea.

It was the sea, and their evident mastery of shipbuilding and navigation

Captain Marryat's

the surplus products must be laden on board the vessels.

He liked the bow, where it was quiet. If he looked over the edge of the deck, he could just see the bulbous front of the ship where it met the water. For centuries, the bows of ships had been like knives. But not any longer. Wilson pondered the change until he understood. A bulbous prow would raise the bow. This would make the ship more efficient by reducing the impact of the bow-wave. He wondered about the man whose insight it was, and if he'd gotten credit for it.

This is what I like about life at sea. It's one long voyage of discovery. Solid water! What will they think of next? Hopefully a pony who solves crimes.

This new global economy, it's all based on the sea routes.

To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.

Who cares about the men who steered your breakfast cereal through winter storms? How ironic that the more ships have grown in size and consequence, the less space they take up in our imagination.

English policy may not yet have made the definite decision to attack us; but it doubtless wishes, by all and every means, even the most extreme, to hinder every further expansion of German international influence and of German maritime power.

I believe that peace, stability, maritime security and cooperation for mutual benefits in the East Sea represent the essential interest of countries within and outside the region.

The biggest container ship can carry fifteen thousand boxes. It can hold 746 million bananas, one for every European, on one ship.

There are more than one hundred thousand ships at sea carrying all the solids, liquids and gases that we need to live.

So that between the Cape of St. Maria and Japan we were four months and twenty-two days; at which time there were no more than six besides myself that could stand upon his feet.

the 1918 sinking of the Princess Sophia in Lynn Canal. 11. Federal Building – A few blocks south along Glacier Avenue, at the corner

if you're looking for enlightenment it's not going to happen on a oil tanker

Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down.

'MaerskKendal' is a rarity with its British flag, the 'LONDON' home port painted on its bow, its two British chief officers, and its portrait of the queen in the mess room, apparently common courtesy on British ships, but a little alarming to me.

Australian seafarers make an important contribution to national security in a country with thousands of kilometres of uninhabited coastline.

The cooperation of navies from around the world promises high tactical value for the ships, aircraft, and divers involved; while demonstrating international resolve in defending maritime security against potential threats.