Sentence examples for maritime practice from inspiring English sources

"The U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet interaction with the regular Iranian Navy continues to be within the standards of maritime practice, routine and professional," she said.

But they don't have the operatic sweep of "Whale Wars," in which miniature naval engagements unfold, and much of the action takes place in the gray areas of international law and acceptable maritime practice.

If the ship legendary explorer Captain James Cook used to sail around the world and claim Australia for the British is found at the bottom of Newport Harbour, Rhode Island will own it outright because of a legal manoeuvre it took nearly two decades ago based on an obscure, centuries-old maritime practice.

And they are in decline," said Jim Williams, the on-board historian who held regular talks covering the history of steamboats, river ecology, culture and modern maritime practice.

Titanics high speed in waters where ice had been reported was later criticised as reckless, but it reflected standard maritime practice at the time.

However, in accordance with existing maritime practice, the ship was carrying far too few lifeboats for everyone (though slightly more than the law required), and many boats were not filled to their capacity due to a poorly managed evacuation.

Steamship Wreck Identified BOSTON, Aug. 29 (AP) -- Underwater explorers have identified the wreck of a 19th-century steamship that sank in one of worst hurricanes in New England's history, a disaster that prompted changes in ship design and maritime practices.

Starting the next morning at the Waldorf-Astoria, the barely dry witnesses provided a rich body of facts about the accident, the Titanic, and maritime practices to the United States Senate Commerce Committee, which held 18 days of hearings.

He was admitted to the bar in the State of New York in 1958 and became a pioneer in the field of admiralty and maritime law, practicing with the law firms of Fields & Rosen and then Stephen H. Fields & Associates.

The seizing of the vessel has cast a light on the clandestine maritime trading practices of North Korea, one of the world's most isolated and impoverished countries, which has been further hobbled by United Nations sanctions over its nuclear weapons and proliferation activities.

Early examples include the maritime strategy practiced by Hannibal, Carthage's legendary wartime tactician, in 190 BC-ish of throwing poisonous snakes into enemy ships —although deadly snakebites were the theoretical lethal payload, not just the sheer force of a snake smacking into a sailor.