By Captain George H Livingstone – Any mariner who has been to sea for any length of time would tell you there are two topics that aren’t usually discussed at…
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Captain Livingstone: Troubled Waters
By Captain George H Livingstone – Anyone who works on the water understands both the practical and elemental connection between water and life. We earn our living, feed our families,…
Piloting a Megaship: How Big Is Too Big?
This article was originally published on April 27, 2020. It has been reposted to provide context to the Ever Given situation in the Suez Canal. Also read Part 2: Do…
Captain Livingstone – The Thing About Big Ships
By Captain George Livingstone – What a big week in the maritime world, really big. As most already know, one of the biggest ships in the world has blocked one…
Captain Livingstone: Guns, Germs, and Steel
The 1997 Pulitzer Prize-winning book Guns, Germs and Steel, written by UCLA Professor Jared Diamond, is a fascinating read covering 13,000 years of human history and a seemingly apropos header…
Livingstone: Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax
By Captain George Livingstone – I am nearing the end of a forty-year career at sea which started as a junior officer on unlimited tonnage ships followed by several years…
Captain Livingstone: Into the Breach
By Captain George Livingstone – I have written much over the years regarding the collective uniqueness professional mariners almost universally display. Regardless of where they come from, regardless of religion, politics, race, and gender (work yet to be done) we find a way to work together toward...
Captain George Livingstone: Crossing the Bar
I’ve spent the last few mornings looking out over the San Francisco Bay wondering about the far-flung, widespread scope of marine transportation. I remember as a boy my father taking Grant and I to the harbor where we would sit and watch the ships come and go for hours on end. Even though children,...
Captain George Livingstone: Blowin’ in the Wind
By Captain George Livingstone – I have not done a column for a while; it just did not seem I had anything to offer that was more important than what has been unfolding before us these last few months. I have always believed that good writing guards against personal basis, just present the case and...
Piloting a Megaship: Record-Setting MSC Anna Arrives in San Francisco Bay
By Captain George Livingstone – In the last decade, one of the biggest challenges faced by mariners and especially ship pilots around the world has been the introduction of the Ultra Large Container Vessel (ULCV). I’ve written on this subject before, it’s a very big topic, literally. To say the...