The invention of ships lets people travel conveniently, and it is helpful to the industrialized world. “The Cargo Hulks” by Peter Trower and “Breaking Ships” by Roland Buerk, both discuss the ships which are used in human’s lives. Both Trower and Buerk’s literary works feature the ships which will go under an unexpected value change. Although “The Cargo Hulks” and “Breaking Ships” both talk about the expected values of cargo hulks and the Asian Tiger, the values of them are quite different afterwards.…
Clifford (1879) argues that the ship-owner is responsible for the death of those innocent men and women – not only did the ship-owner ignore the doubts regarding the ship’s capabilities, but he acquired a false belief by simply stifling his doubts. Yes, he felt sure about the ship’s capabilities; but, he only acquired such a conviction by allowing himself to believe it, and not based on sufficient evidence.…
Bibliography: Bishop, Chris; Chant, Chris (2004). Aircraft Carriers: The World 's Greatest Naval Vessels and…
Privateering cannot be justified upon the principles of Virtue; though I know it is not repugnant to The Laws of Nations, but rather deemed policy amongst warring powers thus to distress each other, regardless of the suffering of the individual. But however agreeable to, and supportable by the rights of war; yet, when individuals come thus to despoil individuals of their property, 'tis hard: the cruelty then appears, however, political.…
“The ship was doomed and it was slowly sliding into its watery grave. But why did the largest, most advanced ship of the 20th century sink?”…
This paper is about the story “The Open Boat” written by Stephen Crane. In this paper, I will try to provide the similarities of the original story with the newspaper account. The differences in each article will also be discussed. Lastly, I will provide a conclusion based on the facts of both articles.…
This paper aims to show environmental damage caused in the distribution section of the materials economy by focusing on the negative impact of the shipping business, an industry that is essential for the survival of our global economy’s metabolism. However, analyzing the environmental impact of the entire shipping industry is too large a scope of research for a paper of this size.…
Shipbreaker Summary Set in a terrifying dystopian America where fossil fuels have run out and cities have been drowned, Shipbreaker takes place along the US Gulf Coast and centers around the life of a seventeen year old boy named Nailer, who is just one of the numerous teens working in crews to disassemble grounded oil tankers for their parts. Living a life of complete and utter poverty, Nailer works on the light crew scavenging for copper wiring and other light metals from the ships, working hard just to make quota each day and not get cut off the crew by his heartless boss. Each day, Nailer crawls into the mess of wrecked oil tankers with an overused dust mask and LED paint on his forehead while he scavenges for copper wiring in their humid and tight tunnels. One day, a brutal storm tears apart his city and Nailer and his friend Pima stumble across a wrecked clipper ship on…
Cited: Macleod, Alistair. The Boat (1968). The harbrace anthology of short fiction (2012): 223-235. Print…
While Titanic manages to remain a topic of interest on its 100th anniversary, little investigation is made or even publicized on the aftermath of the sinking to those who lost loved ones, or those who were left traumatized by the accident, instead the focus of attention is on the innovations of the Titanic or the romantic and tragic fiction love stories on it. Hopefully in the near future, the public can be better educated on the specific issues stated in this essay but for now this paper will remain a small but significant voice for the…
It has been ninety-nine years since the most famous luxury liner sank to the depths of the…
[ii] “Introduction,” in The Sinking of the Titanic. Ed. Thomas Streissguth (San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2002), 10-15.…
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In another part of the world, nearly 4,500 years ago, in the ancient land of Babylonia, traders used to bear risk of the caravan trade by giving loans that had to be later repaid with interest when the goods arrived safely. In 2100 BC, the Code of Hammurabi granted legal status to the practice. It formalized concepts of “bottomry” referring to vessel bottoms and “respondentia” referring to cargo. These provided the underpinning for marine insurance contracts. Such contracts contained three elements: a loan on the vessel, cargo, or freight; an interest rate; and a surcharge to cover the possibility of loss. In effect, ship owners were the insured and lenders were the underwriters.…
“Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.” Robert Henri statement not only applies to himself but it also explains many other human’s feelings towards the ocean. This passion is significant in “The Seafarer” by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon scop. “The Seafarer” intertwines the positives and negatives of a life at sea. The story goes through the sacrificial day to day life of a sailor. The voyages cause many controversial scenarios in the sailor’s life. Although sailing a life at sea is very interfering to a normal life, the Seafarer still loves the life he lives and also finds himself on a much deeper spiritual level than any ocean depth he has ever came across.…