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As rivers re-open to shipping, oil threat to Bangladesh's Sundarbans forest continues
Kibria, ASMG
Article
2015
Bangladesh's Sundarbans forest, home of incredibly rich biodiversity, is under unprecedented threat, writes ASMG Kibria. The recent oil tanker capsize on the Shela river puts the forest at risk of wid...
California Leads the Way in the "Block the Boat" Movement: Fighting the Occupation on the West Coast
Norton, Ben
Article
2014
In organizing theory, activists often emphasize the importance of formulating what they call an "escalation plan." When pushing for social change, they explain, it is important that one's methods of e...
Deep Sea and Foreign Going: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Brings You 90% of Everything
George, Rose
Book
2013
A voyage through the shady world of international shipping, the hidden industry upon which our world turns and our future depends.
Flags of Convenience: Corporate Anarchy on the High Seas
Grossman, Karl
Article
2012
Maritime lawlessness isn’t confined to pirates. Thanks to a system of ship registration called ‘flags of convenience,’ it is all too easy for unscrupulous ship owners to get away with criminal behavio...
The Picket of the Zim Piraeus
Turner, Peter
Article
2014

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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
Dear, I.C.B., Kemp, Peter
1976
This book covers aspects of life on and under the sea: terms, oceanography, shipwrecks, shanties, sailors, explorers, maritime inventors, steam, tidal power, marine wildlife, piracy, the East India Co...