mariner – Professional Mariner

22 Dec

GPS interference plaguing navigation in some regions, MarAd warns

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscommunications, GPS, marine navigation, mariner, U.S. Maritime Administration

Mariners should be on the lookout for significant Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) interference, especially in the eastern and central Mediterranean Sea, the Persian Gulf and multiple Chinese ports, according to recent alerts from the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd). The interference has resulted in lost or inaccurate signals affecting bridge navigation, GPS-based timing and communications equipment. Satellite communications gear also…

22 Dec

Cheap rain gear? Penny wise is pound foolish when going to sea

Professional Mariner StaffA Mariner's Notebookgear, mariner, rain gear, sailor, weather gear

From painful rashes due to skin rubbed raw to life-threatening hypothermia, mariners have long been plagued by having to work in clothes wet from rain, snow, fog and ocean spray. In the days of sailing ships, sailors smeared tar on their clothes to make them water-repellent, an unsatisfactory solution that overheated the body and made the garments stiff and hard…